Gary Wright Quotes
My goal is really to continue to make music. I really don't make music to have platinum records and all that kind of stuff. I've been there. I do it because I love music, and I love uplifting people through my music. That's my real goal.
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I can't get my knickers in a twist about my age and ageing in an industry that caters to the ids of 14-year-olds.
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In the Gulf War, U.S. Marine Corps wheeled vehicles were killing Iraqi T-72 tanks.
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My professional and human obsession is the nature of language, and my best relationships are with other writers. In many ways, I know George Eliot better than I know my husband.
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I believe that incentivized prizing is the best solution to help unlock the answers to the some of the profound problems that plague our planet.
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Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration.
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You know, we're really destroying ourselves because we're really making the motivating force of anything we do selfish.
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Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.
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The U.S. should worry about the effects of its polices on the rest of the world. We would like to live in a world where countries take into account the effect of their policies on other countries and do what is right, broadly, rather than what is just right given the circumstances of that country.
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I was born abroad, but my parents were both English. Still, those few years of separation, and then coming back to England as an outsider, did give me an ability to see the country in a slightly detached way. I suppose I was made aware of what Englishness actually is because I only became immersed in it later in life.
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Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.
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Speed can't always get you wickets.
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In poor countries, the rich and powerful crush the poor and powerless.
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As a child, I loved story books and wanted to be in them so desperately and live the stories.
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Every season I try to top myself, and push it a little further.
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A Commander-in-Chief needs to do two things. One - tell us who the enemy is. And two - say we are fighting to win.
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Proust is a huge author for me.
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What bothers me, I guess, is when I get these messages from girls on Twitter, and they're like, 'God, you're my idol, I really admire you.' It's like, 'Admire me for what? What have I done?' It's not that being in a Burberry campaign, or walking in a Chanel show is nothing. It's just... I know I can do more.
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Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.
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In politics, strangely enough, the best way to play your cards is to lay them face upwards on the table.
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You can hype a questionable product for a little while, but you'll never build an enduring business.
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Everybody made mistakes for years, but by making them, everybody learned - myself, the franchise, coaches, players, LeBron, everybody.
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Truth as Circe. - Error has transformed animals into men; is truth perhaps capable of changing man back into an animal?
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Hello from above our magnificent planet Earth.
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My goal is really to continue to make music. I really don't make music to have platinum records and all that kind of stuff. I've been there. I do it because I love music, and I love uplifting people through my music. That's my real goal.
