William Gurnall Quotes
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I just think that you have to believe in yourself and you have to work very hard. You can't ever think that you're the best thing since sliced bread because I promise you, there are going to be Viola Davises and Jessica Chastains and Emma Stones who are the best thing since sliced bread. So take it seriously, but don't take it too seriously.
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The eyes of a poet discover in each person a unique and irreplaceable humanity. While arrogant intellect seeks to control and manipulate the world, the poetic spirit bows with reverence before its mysteries.
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Throughout my whole swimming career, I've never been disqualified once. I've never been warned once.
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If you really want to be competitive in today's market you have to be in movies that make money.
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The military executes policy decisions.
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There is no job that is America's God-given right anymore.
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The West hasn't reached its universal state as yet, although its close to it, but it certainly has evolved out of its warring state phase, which it was in for a couple of centuries.
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Fools are more to be feared than the wicked.
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I am a contrarian.
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I knew her work very well and I knew that if she offered me a role in her movie, it wouldn't be something stupid. So I agreed to do the film before I read the script.
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I love doing costumes. The costume is an actor's first line, so it's gotta be right!
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I just want to keep acting and better my craft and see how far it goes.
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I love men and I like to get their attention.
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I always figured it was best if I write my songs, take them to my publisher and just lay back. There used to be so many things going on - getting to the artist, getting to the publishers - you know, politics. I just didn't want to get mixed up in all of that.
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It should not be the government running the economy.
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I love driving around east London - it's always full of surprises. Actually, I don't drive myself - I like to be driven.
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I'll have to self-publish it because unless you're on the 'New York Times' bestseller lists, anthologies don't sell all that well. However, low sales to a big publisher are a major success to a small one!
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I'm one of the idiots that negotiates after I write.
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Your god may be your little Christian habit - the habit of prayer or Bible reading at certain times of your day. Watch how your Father will upset your schedule if you begin to worship your habit instead of what the habit symbolizes. We say, 'I can't do that right now; this is my time alone with God.' No, this is your time alone with your habit.
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For me to live in a world that is not inclusive of other people who are not Christian would be the opposite of Christianity.
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A picture of Christ was hung in the back of a pulpit. When the minister rose to speak one Sunday morning, a little boy asked his mother, 'Mother, who is that man who stands so we can't see Jesus?'
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People who are obsessed with Jesus do not consider service a burden. Obsessed people take joy in loving God by loving His people.
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If you can disappoint yourself as much as you love yourself and you still manage to disappoint yourself then why are you shocked when other people that you love disappoint you.
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Let thy hope of heaven master thy fear of death.
