Gary Sheffield Quotes
I don't trust that many people. Just my mother and my wife and a couple of friends. When I trust people, it doesn't end well.
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I cannot summon up inspiration; I myself am summoned.
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If you want to change things, it requires bravery.
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'Sister Act' was my first audition out of school. I was 21 and cast as the understudy. It was non-Equity, so I lived in L.A. on $300 a week. I did that for a month and then came to New York to do a couple of gigs, including 'Hair' in the park, before going to London with 'Sister Act,' where I played the lead.
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Once you come and see Kiss, you either love us or you hate us.
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People in the mass media tend more and more every day to look and act like elected and appointed officials.
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Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
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Anyone should be able to read comics.
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There's no greater feeling in the world than when you can put a smile on somebody's face just by walking into a room. It's unbelievable. And if I have that power, who am I to waste it, you know?
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I've grown up playing for some incredible coaches, and I don't think anybody's ever been as fortunate as I have in terms of the people I've been allowed to play under, coach under, or be involved with.
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I think every day we look at the mess of the chaos of the civil war in Iraq, I think every day people become more and more convinced that the war was a mistake. I think we have to learn from the mistakes of our past.
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I even lived on campus to get the college experience. I had five roommates and I still keep in touch with them while I'm on the road.
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If you're writing fantasy or science fiction, it's really hard to do if you don't know a lot, at least in a basic way, about how the real world works.
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I listened to it last night for the first time since we started this project. I went out to my car and put it in and went to an empty parking lot and just listened and read the little pamphlet that came with it. After two or three songs I burst into tears.
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So I felt, well, I'll make the money and, with the money, do what I want to do.
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In some weird, warped way, I'm actually convinced that if I got mugged, I could probably take out the guy.
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I've always been drawn to the idea that small choices in our lives could have drastic effects on our future.
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I just think that if one is going to preach nonviolence and one is going to advocate for nonviolence, one's standard should be consistent.
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The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.
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For some reason for me, and a lot of people, it's so hard to accept help even when it's from your closest friends.
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When it comes to spending, I don't splash out on fancy cars - I never have. I'm not a car man and, in fact, don't even drive. Although I own a vehicle - it only cost £3,000, and I can't even tell you the make - friends are kind enough to drive me around. It doesn't make sense to waste lots of money on cars.
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I think Alaskans expect me to think, to think about them and do the right thing for them.
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On top of my to-do list in preparing for Beijing is 'On China' by Henry Kissinger, who has had firsthand experience with every top Chinese leader since Mao, so his insights are valuable and his access is perhaps unrivaled.
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Love is what you've been through with somebody.
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I don't trust that many people. Just my mother and my wife and a couple of friends. When I trust people, it doesn't end well.
