William Gurnall Quotes
Cease to pray and thou will begin to sin. Prayer is not only a means to prevail for mercy but also to prevent sin.
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'Straight Outta Compton' is my first biopic, my first period piece, and I got a chance to kind of get out there like some of my idols, you know, like Scorsese, Spielberg, Spike Lee, the guys who came before me. You know, I'm feeling good about it.
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I'm a capitalist but one who is smallist and localist, and who favours businesses where owners are still in charge.
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I didn't equate a POW camp with a concentration camp.
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I do have friends who make movies, but for the most part, I never really wanted to feel like I was part of an industry.
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I'm ambidextrous when I eat. But playing tennis right-handed - I can't do it. I'm clueless.
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I like hip-hop, but I don't like concerts. There's, like, sweat on people's backs.
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I was a child of a tech family. My grandfather was a nuclear physicist and was always a gadget guy.
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Often, what you see in the media is driven by economic forces.
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Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world.
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I will not say anything about my father. Period. I don't have a dad.
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Ultimately, the reason we have a Constitution, the reason we have separation of powers, the reason we have the Fourteenth Amendment is to provide the courts with the opportunity to override the will of the people when the will of the people discriminates against a segment of our society.
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Goals and objectives are based on theories and foundations.
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One thing is certain: our families are important. Don't get so stressed out and so preoccupied that we neglect one of the greatest things that God has given us, and that's our families.
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My cousin in Louisiana started a small company with a little savings, renovating houses. A single mom, she saved enough to buy a home and provide child care for her son. When the economy went belly up, so did her company. She was forced to sell her home and move in with her parents.
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I'm very humble.
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What's better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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You know I'm proud that I was able to develop and produce movies that I wanted to make.
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I knew from an early age exactly what I wanted to do. I wanted to be a musician and that was it. It made life a lot easier knowing what I was aiming for.
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'Lambe them, lads! lambe them!' a cant phrase of the time derived from the fate of Dr. Lambe, an astrologer and quack, who was knocked on the head by the rabble in Charles the First's time.
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Don't think. The worst songs I've ever written happen when I think.
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Personally, I'd have welcomed a dementor attack. A deadly struggle for my soul would have broken the monotony nicely.
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I think it's a shame when pop culture forgets that theatricality is a big part of it. When Neil Young is fumbling around in his pocket looking for the right harmonica, it doesn't matter that he's a dude in the hat who is a man of the people - there's a theatricality there. You don't have to be David Bowie or the Kabuki theater to have that theatricality going on.
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Cease to pray and thou will begin to sin. Prayer is not only a means to prevail for mercy but also to prevent sin.
