George Gilder Quotes
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The only way I can be there and really get into the character is if I'm her.
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A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.
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I'm a real common sense guy who caught a lot of good breaks and who has been very, very fortunate.
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I've always been open about my life not because my story is unique, but because it isn't.
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There's a good deal in common between the mind's eye and the TV screen, and though the TV set has all too often been the boobtube, it could be, it can be, the box of dreams.
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I'm a fixer, unfortunately. I'm like, 'Oh, I can fix you.' But it's not just guys I'm dating anymore. It's this entire legion of young girls who tell me they need me to maintain any sort of sanity or peace.
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I've removed legs from dogs on the bed of my truck on the farm.
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I have a grim outlook on the world, and in particular on humanity. Spent years denying it, but I am very misanthropic. And I live alone on a mountain for a reason.
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The truth is, I'm proud of the life I've lived so far, and though I've made my share of mistakes, I have no regrets.
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I don't hit it as far as a lot of guys do, so I have to be in the right spot in the fairway to score, and that means driving it well. The two biggest keys for me are to make a good transition and to keep my hands ahead of the clubhead through impact. I want to feel as if my swing is two swings: one going back and another coming down.
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We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we are much more.
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I'm a very private person. My life story isn't for everybody.
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Well, more than me saying to the rest of the country music industry there is not enough traditional country music - that is not necessarily the statement in truth. I think more so that I, me, missed it more than anything else.
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The opponents of this process have always tried to vilify westernization as a poor imitation.
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I've spent a lot of my life among people brighter than myself.
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Community action is as valuable a principle on the international level as it has been domestically.
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You are preparing yourself for a scene, and the most important thing is to remain emotionally available and remain in the moment with your scene partner. You don't want to let your own self-consciousness block the flow of creativity that's coming out so that you can act and react, and play what the scene is all about.
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In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.
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Once you achieve one goal, you should be looking forward to trying to build onto the next thing, and not just getting comfortable with what you're doing.
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You will get little or nothing from the printed page if you bring it nothing but your eye.
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A belief in God is fundamental; upon it rest the influences that control life.
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They use their minds to create wealth—not by taking existing materials and turning them into more valuable goods, but by taking existing wealth and putting it toward more valuable uses. In short, financiers don’t create the products that enrich our lives—they help create (and nurture) all the businesses that create the products that enrich our lives.
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The belief that all wealth comes from stealing is popular in prisons and at Harvard.
