Gaines Adams Quotes
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I worked on 'Lonesome Dove' three weeks all together. When I heard they were doing it, I wanted to be involved since I'd read the book.
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I still can't believe it when people say I am a celebrity.
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Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
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My government has the challenge of addressing the issue of gas. The issue of gas cannot be addressed today without the participation of all Bolivians alike.
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We have to surmount the difficulties that face us and work steadfastly for the happiness and prosperity of our country.
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The essence of a general's job is to assist in developing a clear sense of purpose to keep the junk from getting in the way of important things.
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Poetry is an art, the easiest to dabble in, but the hardest to reach true excellence.
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But for my faith in God, I should have been a raving maniac.
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All the musicians I loved growing up were men. I loved Leonard Cohen, Mick Jagger. I loved Alex Turner from the Arctic Monkeys. Even today, I love Van McCann from Catfish and the Bottlemen and Matt Healy from The 1975.
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'Coexist' was tough to make.
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I'm not always angry. In fact, I think I usually go out of my way to try to find roles that don't seem to be like me.
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I myself feel that I'm a well-rounded player and got a lot better defensively and without the puck as time has gone on.
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A lot of people love the idea of improvising but are terrified of it, so I tried to make a book that was not a chef's book about improvising but a real home cook's book with a real home cook's pantry, supermarket ingredients, that sort of thing.
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On stage, you can use your emotions. It's the place where you can channel them. They have a purpose.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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'Muslim' is not a political party. 'Muslim' is not a single culture. Muslims go to war with each other. There are more Muslims in India, Russia and China than in most Muslim-majority nations. 'Muslim' is not a homogenous entity.
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The city has to do what any citizen or family does, when you have a dream. You tighten your belt. You sacrifice some luxuries. Above all, you don't waste a dime.
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I feel a physical happiness when spring is coming.
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Here is the simple but powerful rule... always give people more than they expect to get.
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If you really believe in what you're doing, work hard, take nothing personally and if something blocks one route, find another. Never give up.
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My size has helped make me an amazing performer too. The cliche of the Funny Fat Friend: I absolutely was that character - I am that character... It's a complicated bag of tools I acquired, and I've put them all to work onstage.
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That's the advantage of being a writer: No matter what happens, as long as you survive it, it goes into the work.
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If science has a lot to do with what works, then clearly there's much about today's social and economic setup that isn't scientific, because things aren't working very well for a majority of the world's population or the environment.
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Every day I went to work at Tampa, I gave it my all.
