Stone Gossard Quotes
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By the end of high school, I would do shows at the theater at night and then take the train home and go to school the next morning.
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A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.
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Everybody thinks they deserve something.
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I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.
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God gave me a very good hand to play over my 88 years. I have no regrets.
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Anytime you interfere with a natural process, you're playing God. God determines what happens naturally. That means when a person's ill, he shouldn't go to a doctor because he's asking for interference with God's will. But of course, patients can't think that way.
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Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it.
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For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.
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I am an untrained musician and a common man's singer.
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I've never fabricated or plagiarized anything.
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I hope that the opening of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial will be a life-altering experience that inspires every American to rededicate themselves to the fulfillment of Dr. King's dream.
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When I was living in Mexico and writing a book called 'Aztec,' I had to make a deliberate effort to ignore a lot of the 'typically Mexican landscape' around me - banana and citrus groves, roses and carnations, burros and toros - because they did not exist in Mexico in the 15th century, the time of my book.
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Israel is not the safest place in the world for Jews. Melbourne in Australia is better. Teaneck, New Jersey, is safer.
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The path of social advancement is, and must be, strewn with broken friendships.
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Experimental science is fascinating, but I don't want to do it. I want other people to do it, and I'll read about it.
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It's very special having a new little girl.
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To me, success is choice and opportunity.
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The things I enjoy most as I watch the movie are the things that came through without even thinking.
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One time I happened to use the word 'denigrate' onstage, and it didn't get any reaction. So as I continued my act, the left side of my brain was fast-forwarding to see if I had any other big words coming up.
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My great love is the stage because I do feel like it's the place where, if you're lucky and everything is firing in the right way, you have the greatest shot at being successful. I don't mean by getting great reviews, but I mean by finding the core fo the person that you're playing.
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One of the first people I interviewed was Alvy Ray Smith, a charismatic Texan with a Ph.D. in computer science and a sparkling resume that included teaching stints at New York University and UC Berkeley and a gig at Xerox PARC, the distinguished R&D lab in Palo Alto. I had conflicting feelings when I met Alvy because, frankly, he seemed more qualified to lead the lab than I was. I can still remember the uneasiness in my gut, that instinctual twinge spurred by a potential threat: This, I thought, could be the guy who takes my job one day. I hired him anyway.
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I can jog, but I can't run. That's hard for me. I like the fact that I can jog for fitness, but to me there's a huge difference between jogging and running.
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Any slots at the senior level, including CEO or other slots, will be filled internally.
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I really enjoy not getting in a car and running errands on bikes.
