Stone Gossard Quotes
On some planet, I probably could have been a lawyer. On some planet, I could have been somebody in advertising.
Quotes to Explore
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There's a long history of private-company cooperation with the NSA that dates back to at least the 1970s.
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Some men think that if you're empowered and sure of yourself then you're a man-hater, but it's like, 'No, I'm just the same as you are, but maybe just a tiny bit more confident.'
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The smartest thing I ever did as a writer was hire a retired conservation agent to blaze a hiking trail for me. It's nothing fancy - just a narrow path that meanders for a little over a mile through the woods near my home. But that trail through the trees has become my therapist, my personal trainer, and my best editor.
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I believe that a man can only be useful to his country when he can look at it clearly.
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I think for a long time I wasn't really out to myself growing up in Omaha, Neb., to a Catholic conservative family. It took me a while to come out to myself, and not long after that, I came out to them. I think that it really couldn't have been a better experience. They were all immediately supportive.
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I love sport and will do just about anything. Someone said they'd had a go at skiing off a mountain with a parachute, and that sounds great!
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All disgust is originally disgust at touching.
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We've been a bit too defensive about the European Union rules. We don't want to become protectionist and nationalist in the way we buy things but we think we could do a lot more to promote British business through procurement.
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I've only been to New Zealand once, about 1989. It was incredibly beautiful, kind of like the ideal of where I live in New England - all that and then some - but I can't say I was there long enough to get any very clear idea.
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I'm obviously not an advocate of Christian America or a simplistic view of America as 'a city on a hill.'
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It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.
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I just love writing. It's magical, it's somewhere else to go, it's somewhere much more dreadful, somewhere much more exciting. Somewhere I feel I belong, possibly more than in the so-called real world.
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The people know their rights, and they are never slow to assert and maintain them when they are invaded.
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In Hanover Park they highlighted the terrible plight of backyard dwellers and the fact that year after year nothing has been done to help you: the hope and despair you all live with every day.
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You should never go on diet and must follow a healthy lifestyle.
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They offered me one cover about 10 years ago, and I said, no, I can't do it. I'm happy to cover up now.
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I turned pro as a 20-year-old, won a world title a year later, and remained a world champion ever since.
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To be honest, I haven't had a lot of time off.
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Man, y'know, I'm a music guy. I like a lot of different things. It depends on the time of the day and the situation.
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I was on Instagram or something, and I checked my tagged photos, and I realized that suddenly they were all LGBT artwork. I was like, 'Oh, my God!' I had no idea. It was the first time I realized I was a figure for that community.
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Sincerity seems to be a problem today. I'd rather be true and hated than be false and fool people.
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Shane - who knows about Shane? Planet Shane is a lovely place a long way from here.
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On some planet, I probably could have been a lawyer. On some planet, I could have been somebody in advertising.
