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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The thing is, it's not good anyway for eight-year-olds to be out there playing tennis tournaments so soon in their lives. But when I did get to play in a tournament, when I was nine, I was overjoyed.
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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 come from really humble people. We never had a lot.
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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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God takes care of imbeciles, little children and artists.
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There was no military reason to drop atomic bombs on Japan. They were used as terrorist weapons - killing innocent people to influence other people.
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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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Billie Jean King is one of the all-time tennis greats; she's one of the superstars. She's ready for the big one, but she doesn't stand a chance against me. Women's tennis is so far beneath men's tennis; that's what makes the contest with a 55-year-old man the greatest contest of all time.
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Even if I believed there was a real Jesus, I wouldn't fall for that line of hogwash. The "Virgin" Mary should get a posthumous medal for telling the biggest goddamn lie that was ever told. Anybody who believes that will believe that the moon is made out of green cheese.
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Most enlightened men now recognize that General Jackson is not fitted to fill the office of President; his limited experience of anything to do with civil government and his great age make him incompetent.
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Those who really value Ukrainian sovereignty should opt for real independence and a positive neutrality: neither a plaything of the West nor Moscow.
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Words [are] more beautiful than a found fall leaf.
