William H. Gass Quotes
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Since 9/11, there has been a huge leap in people wanting to get personally involved in public service and international affairs.
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I don't even own a television. I don't watch network television.
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I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.
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People have been doing this for hundreds of thousands of years: using whatever is available to build shelter. If you ponder what could be used, then building materials are everywhere.
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I came to London. It had become the center of my world and I had worked hard to come to it. And I was lost.
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I've been doing African dance all my life.
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I always believed in my ability, but I think in any sport you need that little bit of luck.
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Growing up, I was into 'Power Rangers.'
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With 'Mad Men,' people who grew up or were living in that time, they love to talk about what it was really like.
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I kind of worry about that a little bit - we lost our film culture for 30 years because the Americans came in and bought up all the cinema chains and wouldn't show any Australian films.
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You should always leave the party 10 minutes before you actually do.
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Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.
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If you're asking your kids to exercise, then you better do it, too. Practice what you preach.
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Don't try to be like somebody else. You'll be miserable. You need to be yourself, and don't ever get a big head.
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I never had any backlash from the model-turned-actor thing.
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The addition of nuts in salad... I always find to be beneficial.
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I think probably the thing I'm worst at is the most ephemeral stuff, like blogs. I find it really hard to write. And I'm often been asked to write columns for papers in Peru. And I can't. I would die. There's no way I could write a column.
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Overall I enjoy a certain anonymity. I live a very normal, very ordinary life.
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When you go and create something, you want to believe in it. If they don't, we're barking up the wrong tree. But when you believe in something and you see other people believing in it too, it just feels like you're doing something right in the world, and that feels good.
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Naturally, everything boils down to relationships in my books.
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I am not opposed to government efforts to stop terrorist plots. We are still seared by the memory of 9/11, and we should be.
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Any time you can be with like-minded people, laughing or crying over the same joke or the same scene... For me it's therapeutic. You just feel a little less alone on the planet.
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Words [are] more beautiful than a found fall leaf.
