Mike Gordon Quotes
In order to have that incredible groove that makes you dream you have to think not of the groove, but of the dream.
Quotes to Explore
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I've moved on to Plan B now, writing novels.
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If you've followed my career at all, you will know that I perform best in comfortable surroundings. Though other leagues may seem more enticing to other players, it's something I'm just not interested in doing personally.
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The Islamist ideology took decades to incubate within our communities, and it will take decades to debunk.
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I went to law school with a plan of going back home and practicing law to support my farming, and Dad said, 'There's just not room here for us.' So I took off to practice law and got involved in some politics, and the rest just moved on forward.
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I am a member of the London Library, and on almost every single job I do, there is some benefit to be had in going there and pulling two or three books off the shelves.
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Men of New England, I hold you to the doctrines of liberty which ye inherit from your Puritan forefathers.
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Why not a space flower? Why do we always expect metal ships?
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In my previous career as a chief executive of high-tech companies, I experienced firsthand the endless possibilities when people from diverse backgrounds work together. They get to know one another and quickly learn that they share more in common than they originally thought.
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Boxing traditionally was received very well and accepted on both sides.
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When I did 'Guffman,' it was terrifying. I didn't know what to say. I started talking, and it just came out.
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The plastic bottle we're throwing away every day still stays there. And if we show that to people, then we can also promote some behavioral change.
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I'm disappointed that I really haven't been able to race in a way that is reflective of the amount of work that I have done and how I have trained. But I don't regret giving this a go.
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If we could have seen through the televisions, we would probably have seen many a child grow up.
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Having a conversation on a landline is more intimate than talking to someone in person. Your voices are so clear and close - you're in each other's heads.
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When I started stand-up, the first thing I did was to take an improv class.
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Slow down, everyone. You're moving too fast.
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It's very hard to get to the top. It's hardest to stay at the top.
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Anybody who speaks quietly and shrivels up in company is unbelievably arrogant.
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No one could have prepared for me BBQ on pizza. I mean, both are great. But together? It was incredible.
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When the art world is done wrong, a reader's faith is lost and possibly not recuperable.
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This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.
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More a paraphrase than a quote, really, but it comes from a prayer which was stitched into a sampler above my grandmother's bed. It began like this: 'Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep...'
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I'm actually not someone who believes in heaven or anything like that.
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In order to have that incredible groove that makes you dream you have to think not of the groove, but of the dream.
