Jean-Philip Grobler (St. Lucia) Quotes
We've always enjoyed touring, which is fortunate because we're always on the road. The most difficult part is that time passes by so quickly. It's hard to pay attention to your normal life because shows are all-encompassing.
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Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies by doing a necessary thing: it elevates man to the plane of God.
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If I just did music, I might go insane. I need words; I need stories. And it's the same the other way around.
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It's nice not to be too boring.
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Our party never tolerated those who use violence for political ends. Our leaders lost their lives standing against terrorism.
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I stuff animals I find; I do roadkill. They're strangely fun to have. They're like easy-to-control pets.
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I had to jump on the tractor and do my chores. I would have just killed to be in town, to be able to Rollerblade hand-in-hand with somebody I had a crush on. I just wanted to get off the farm, to find my outlet.
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There is no black-and-white situation. It's all part of life. Highs, lows, middles.
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My first joke was about a company called Five Star Parking that was all over Philadelphia: 'Who's reviewing parking lots?'
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Katie Couric is one of my favorite people.
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Competition is such a virtue, and everybody's so busy competing, they have no time for compassion.
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I think, more than anything else, my dog's death has made me grow up. I find myself thinking about the world in a more serious way.
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'The Goddesses'? I don't believe the term is good enough, but when you're bound by these terrestrial descriptions, you must use the best choice available.
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Admiration, is a joy daily kindled afresh... I talk out of the -fullness of life; it belongs to me in a sense larger than that of ownership.
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My talent for playing the drums was a gift from God.
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Every book has some real life in it. I was never pursued by an evil twin clone, but everything else in MR. MURDER was pretty much out of my own life.
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When I get anxious and scared, I probably lose my temper more than I should.
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I think I can take responsibility for that in that I was the audience. I was the voice of sanity around whom all these crazies did their dance. And I reacted in the same way that a member of the audience would have reacted.
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When you're six years old, you do not appreciate that you're living in the Alps. My sisters and I, all we wanted was to go to Disneyland.
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I do not use any set methods, not even The Method. The character after all is in the lines.
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The bigger point here is that golf is a good metaphor for one's life. The challenge of golf for me is trying to learn new rules. It's something you always have to work at; you don't get perfect at golf. It's the never-ending quest for betterment.
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I believe we have become paralyzed, paralyzed by our desire to be loved. Now our founding fathers had the wisdom to know that social acceptance and popularity were fleeing, and that this country's principles needed to be rooted in strengths greater than the passions and the emotions of the times.
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He was inordinately proud of England, and he abused her incessantly.
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We've always enjoyed touring, which is fortunate because we're always on the road. The most difficult part is that time passes by so quickly. It's hard to pay attention to your normal life because shows are all-encompassing.
