Gary Sheffield Quotes
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Many people believe the whole catastrophe is the oil we spill, but that gets diluted and eventually disarmed over time. In fact, the oil we don't spill, the oil we collect, refine and use, produces CO2 and other gases that don't get diluted.
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I'm pretty much friendly and compassionate to everybody. But not to people in the ring.
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I think there is some credibility to the notion that marriage is an institution. It meant something very different hundreds of years ago when it became the norm for people to go off and pair.
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That show, 'The Amazing Race' - is that about white people?
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It doesn't work that way, you know, because most parts that you think you'd do well, most other people don't. So they offer you something - The Avengers is a good example... I fitted into that because I came from that sort of background. It's not even acting.
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The priesthood is a marriage. People often start by falling in love, and they go on for years without realizing that love must change into some other love which is so unlike it that it can hardly be recognized as love at all.
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The entertainment medium of film is particularly tuned to the present imaginations of people at large. A lot of fiction is intensely nostalgic.
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Most people think companies are basically evil. They get a bad rap. And I think that's somewhat correct.
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I'm all about telling stories. I like people to picture the music video in their head when they're just listening to the song.
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People who have a sense of peace that their priorities are in the right place also have a sense of humility and a realistic view on life.
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The people you surround yourself with influence your behaviors, so choose friends who have healthy habits.
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For a lot of people, Superman is and has always been America's hero. He stands for what we believe is the best within us: limitless strength tempered by compassion, that can bear adversity and emerge stronger on the other side. He stands for what we all feel we would like to be able to stand for, when standing is hardest.
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Our dream as actors is to tell interesting stories about interesting people.
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In America, people buy cars, and they put very little money down. They get a car, and they go to work. The work pays them a salary; the salary allows them to pay for the car over time. The car pays for itself.
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I think people have to set up little battles. They have to demonize people whom they disagree with or feel threatened by. But it's the ideological framing of the debate that scares me.
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Why should Scotland be stopped from suggesting to the English people that we join a new union under new terms? Let's not try to dominate one another. Let's be a collection, like being in the pub with a kitty. When we vote in Scotland, we vote one way, but the other country votes another way and we always end up with what they vote for.
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It's human nature to want to be with other people.
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It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that.
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When I was younger, I used to love the idea of writing songs and performing them live. But that was all I thought about. I didn't think about people getting to know my face.
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Traveling around Ethiopia, I saw dozens of abandoned textile factories. People kept asking me to help them find work. So I thought I could make use of my experience in fashion to commercialize their products outside of Ethiopia.
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My mission in life is to preserve craftsmanship.
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Deep rivers run quiet.
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The movies and TV shows I like to watch tend to put their characters in situations where they have to dig deeper.
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I'm not like most people around here who politick with you guys.
