Spalding Gray Quotes
I'm the man who sits behind a table and tells true stories from his life. I'm also an actor. I was trained as an actor at Emerson College, and I use that training to play myself.
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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I thought we had energy out there. I thought the guys were, they played good, they were excited. We were almost dynamite out there today. Just a flicker away from being dynamite.
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Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.
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The heavier crop is ever in others' fields.
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I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
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I'm generally competing with the ideal I have set for myself, and I've found that served me very well.
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Now that I'm gone, I tell you, don't smoke.
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Small lending institutions lack the capability of their larger counterparts to hire the additional manpower necessary to deal with the hundreds of additional regulations created by Dodd-Frank.
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I've really loved steampunk for a long time, ever since 'Wild Wild West,' and it's always been a genre and an era that's fascinated me. But so often it's set in England, and that doesn't really resonate with me, or maybe it just seems a little overdone.
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I knew I wanted considerable education so that I wouldn't have to work as hard as my parents.
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The money I earn from films means I can help the people I want to help - you can do a lot of good if you want to.
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We will stand by the Paris climate deal.
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By understanding and harnessing the forces that drive human behavior, you can create a self-sustaining philanthropic effort that reaches millions of people. It begins with an entrepreneurial attitude: take an idea and execute on that idea. If it doesn't work, learn why and build on what you've learned.
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The music of the Clovers and Spaniels and the rest was like candy to me. I couldn't get enough; my teachers probably thought I had attention deficit disorder.
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When it is important for you to say something and you find a vehicle to say it, then go for it. It is so rare when that happens so I think every minute spent fighting for it is always worth it. Even if nothing ends up happening, it's still worth the fight.
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The first aspect of a business that you need to make it work well is money. Once the money aspect is flowing, you can freely work on other aspects.
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Our choices are going to determine the future for our children, our children's children, and their children. I take that responsibility very seriously.
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You can lead a horse to water and you can even make it drink, but you can't make actresses wear what they don't want to wear.
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If you're Irish, it doesn't matter where you go - you'll find family.
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Only 10 percent of the people in the U.S. like dry wines. You shouldn't get down on people just because they like a little sugar.
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Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.
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I've never been a very flashy person.
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I love New York on summer afternoons when everyone's away. There's something very sensuous about it - overripe, as if all sorts of funny fruits were going to fall into your hands.
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I'm the man who sits behind a table and tells true stories from his life. I'm also an actor. I was trained as an actor at Emerson College, and I use that training to play myself.
