Gene Fowler Quotes
Everyone needs a warm personal enemy or two to keep him free from rust in the movable parts of his mind.
Quotes to Explore
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I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.
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To the real artist in humanity, what are called bad manners are often the most picturesque and significant of all.
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The combination of olive oil, garlic and lemon juice lifts the spirits in winter.
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I firmly believe that with President Trump in the White House, we have such a great opportunity as conservatives.
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I'm not much of a jokester.
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Like the average American that I hang out with, and like my father before me, I raised all my children to respect tools and use them wisely and safely.
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I hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting.
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I am interested in the way that we look at a given landscape and take possession of it in our blood and brain. None of us lives apart from the land entirely; such an isolation is unimaginable.
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I laugh at what I used to think was cool when I was growing up. In all seriousness, I thought having braces was cool.
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Any time there's a scandal, we always try and get involved.
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The choice that frees or imprisons us is the choice of love or fear. Love liberates. Fear imprisons.
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I use Graf Edmonton for boots and John Wilson blades.
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Getting a great idea with song writing is a lot like love. You don't know why this one is different, but it is. You don't know why this one is better, but it is. It sticks in your head, and you can't stop thinking about it.
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Twenty20 is cricket on speed. In an era of hectic lifestyles and falling attention spans, it gives spectators more drama and intensity in three hours that they would get from a whole-day match. And even though it is a heady cocktail of money, entertainment and media, at its core it is cricket.
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Never, and I mean never, allow anyone else's ideas of who you can or can't become sully your dream or pollute your imagination. This is your territory, and a 'Keep Out' sign is a great thing to erect at all entrances to your imagination.
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I take certain steps to make sure I'm relevant artistically. I always have new music and a reason to be on the road. I'm not just playing 'Get By' over and over. I have 12 albums.
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I like doing my own stunts.
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If God had been a liberal, we wouldn't have had the Ten Commandments - we'd have the Ten Suggestions.
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We were on the cover of Women's Wear Daily, which was hardly rock 'n' roll, but it pleased me.
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The rewards of freedom are always sweet, but its demands are stern, for at its heart is the paradox that the greatest enemy of freedom is freedom.
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I played piano and was always in the choir. I tried to play flute because all the pretty girls played flute.
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I do feel kind of like I have a split identity in that there's Van Jones, who has this big public role and tries to inspire millions of people to do new stuff together. And then there's just me: a pretty quiet, shy, retiring person.
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Everyone needs a warm personal enemy or two to keep him free from rust in the movable parts of his mind.
