John Gilmour Quotes
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The measure of a man is not how great his faith is, but how great his love is. We must not let government programs disconnect our souls from each other.
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Perhaps because my relationship with my father went through such a long, bumpy time, it's been very important for me to work to try to keep lines of communication open between my sons and myself to try to avoid my father's mistakes. At least if you're making mistakes, make different mistakes.
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I couldn't stand back and watch the strong economy that my father envisioned go to ruins.
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We're traditional and don't do cutting-edge styles, but after 17 years we're holding our own.
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I've been asked to do 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!' and I do get asked to do all sorts of things like that - but I don't want to put my career on hold. I'd have to take three weeks off to do something like that. Maybe it's something I'd think about after it's all ended.
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The artist never really has any control over the impact of his work. If he starts thinking about the impact of his work, then he becomes a lesser artist.
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No matter how famous and established they were or however blessed they were with great songs or long careers, if they lived alone, they lived alone. That's not the way I wanted to live prior to the tour or after.
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You have to fight for your health and stay on top of it. Our bodies are meant to be healthy.
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I'm cool with myself. If I can't have the body of Angie Bassett, so be it.
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Her name was called Lady Helena Herring and her age was 25 and she mated well with the earl.
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My family is more a sports family, and I figure skated for a very long time, so movement and how I relate to movement is very integral to my process.
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If I do something, it's always 90% obvious and 10% unknown.
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Philosophy is tested and characterised by the way in which it appropriates its history.
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If I can utilise anything, I'll utilise it.
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I find it easier to work when it's quiet.
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The war in Vietnam was not lost in the field, nor was it lost on the front pages of the 'New York Times' or the college campuses. It was lost in Washington, D.C.
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I did plays in high school, and I usually got cast in the comic role, which I really enjoyed.
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The smells of slow cooking spread around the house and impart a unique warmth matched only by the flavour of the food.
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. . .the larger the crowd, the more probable that that which it praises is folly, and the more improbable that it is truth; and the most improbable of all that it is any eternal truth.
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Every generation looks at literature through the lens of their own experience, but with the Bible, everyone gets apprehensive and thinks it'll be too stuffy.
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The martyr who longs for the flames can be no right candidate for them.
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He that seeks popularity in art closes the door on his own genius: as he must needs paint for other minds, and not for his own.
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The internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.
