Spalding Gray Quotes
When people used to ask me why I got involved with Hollywood films, I would say jokingly that it was for the health insurance.
Quotes to Explore
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I cannot summon up inspiration; I myself am summoned.
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I think coming to work and being absurd and neurotic and thoughtful at the same time is far more interesting.
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My greatest aspiration was always to live in the tropics.
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My children are magical creatures and I love them to death.
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I am a great believer that a captain is as good as his team.
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Speaking is physically difficult for me.
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I feel like unforgiveness, bitterness and resentment, it blocks the flows of God's blessings in life.
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I need one psychological expert to help me concentrate.
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I have always looked up to Adele and Christina Aguilera as singers ever since I was very young, and now my favorite male singer is Hozier.
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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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Some people don't like long bus rides, but I love them. There's sort of a sense of solitude.
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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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I approach 'Fast & Furious 6' the same way I would approach a Sidney Lumet film. Getting into character's getting into character.
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I never knew a writer yet who took the smallest pains with his style and was at the same time readable.
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A library implies an act of faith.
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I don't think France is a racist country, I really don't, but we do still have many problems with our immigrant past, and there's a shame that goes with that, that works both ways, in the host and in the post-immigrant generation.
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Because Social Security has not contributed to our debt, Americans should be skeptical of any politician who says that benefits Americans have earned must be reduced in order to address our national debt.
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The joke that I make is that there are instances on the TV series that happen to me, - except on Sex and the City they always make it better or worse than real life and I am actually saying that in a joking way.
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My growth was stopped at two years old. And when they talk about Axl Rose being a screaming two-year-old, they're right. There's a screaming two-year-old who's real pissed off and hides and won't show himself that often, even to me. Because I couldn't protect him. And the world didn't protect him.
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I remember my mother saying to me on one occasion, 'Mel, I know that I can count on you.' I resolved that she would always be able to count on me. I would not let her down. I loved her too much. Her confidence in me meant everything. Today I still feel that way. I feel that way about the Brethren. I don't ever want to let President Hinckley or any of the other leaders of the Church down. But, even more important, I never want to let the Savior down, because I love Him more than anything else.
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All of the people are the dependents of Allah.
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The winners shouldn't necessarily win, and the losers shouldn't necessarily lose.
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I genuinely don't care about the 'number one' tag. That's not my goal. You know, no one does that with heroes, but with actresses it's the same number game. It's not a bloody pageant. Everyone has something unique to offer.
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When people used to ask me why I got involved with Hollywood films, I would say jokingly that it was for the health insurance.
