Troy Garity Quotes
I spent all of my childhood at a performance art camp. Putting on plays, it was more like commedia dell'arte. It wasn't career-oriented in any way. It was more fun and therapeutic, so I never really thought of it as something I would end up doing. I was more convinced I was going to be a painter.
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When I first got back from the war, I said, 'I'm gonna write the Great American Novel about the Vietnam War.' So I sat down and wrote 1,700 pages of sheer psychotherapy drivel. It was first person, and there would be pages about wet socks and cold feet.
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A horse is a thing of beauty... none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor.
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I just try to keep it simple, not let too many outside things influence me.
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I tell people all the time, 'Don't give up.' We get almost to our blessing, whether you believe spiritually in God or in a good force and an evil force. We get almost to our blessing, and we quit. Don't stop.
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One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas.
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I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.
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The most irresistible charm of youth is its bubbling enthusiasm. Youth sees no darkness ahead - no defile that has no outlet - it forgets that there is such a thing as failure in the world and believes that mankind has been waiting all these centuries for him to come and be the liberator of truth and energy and beauty.
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I have no political aspirations. That's it.
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I feel very, very lucky that George has got a little sister.
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I became obsessed with all these women who die never feeling they did anything extraordinary with their lives.
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Gujarat is the fourth state in the world where we have a separate climate-change department.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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You can be very famous without being a great actress, and that's not good for me.
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No matter how long he lives, no man ever becomes as wise as the average woman of forty-eight.
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I am a guy who likes those who drive through red lights.
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In New York I pretty much live in diners - I order French Fries, Diet Coke floats and lots of coffee.
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I was four when I announced my ambition to write, eight when I began publishing such claims.
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There is no such thing as emotional incompatibility. There are only misunderstandings and mistakes which can easily be set right if we have the will to do so.
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The evaluative habits developed in sibling interactions undoubtedly affect the salience and choice of comparative referents in self-ability evaluations in later life.
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Well, as a militant feminist, I believe in complete equality with men: intellectual, professional, economic, social and sexual; they're all equally essential, and they're all equally lacking in American society today.
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Pay as much attention to the things that are working positively in your life as you do to the things that give you trouble.
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I have lots of different interests. Any of my friends will know I'm interested both in science and in art.
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I remember thinking I don't care what he does. I don't care if he beats the crap out of me. I don't care if he rapes me. I just want to get out of here alive.
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I spent all of my childhood at a performance art camp. Putting on plays, it was more like commedia dell'arte. It wasn't career-oriented in any way. It was more fun and therapeutic, so I never really thought of it as something I would end up doing. I was more convinced I was going to be a painter.
