Barry Gallagher Quotes
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I thought I'd have a career playing women in the vein of Ruth Gordon, and we've seen that type almost disappear.
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Indy, I have lots of great memories from there, and probably the part of me that doesn't feel quite as longing for it is that there is still a chance that I could do it again. It's not gone.
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I was rapping in 1939. It's old. The roots are complex. And kids don't know.
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I never really wanted to be an actor. And that was the beginning of it, I began to write things down and eventually became a writer on a television show.
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Religions work for their own aggrandizement - strengthen the church and so on - and they use reinforcers of one kind or another to get obedience and so on from their communicants.
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I love what I do.
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I'm probably much more influenced by film-makers and painters than I am by other songwriters or poets.
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I don't enjoy being a celebrity, I don't want any part of that or any part of that fame for fame... i'd actually rather die than be a celebrity slime!!!
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I have no great desire to play a great role. You can't make quality on TV anyway. It's always a manure pile. You're on the top, or you're on the bottom, but it's still a manure pile, and I'm not sure the movie industry isn't like that, too.
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I'm very protective of my heart
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Geniuses are always marginalized to one degree or another. Someone wholly invested in the status quo is unlikely to disrupt it. Did you get to where you are by accepting the status quo? I didn’t.
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Biologists now pretty universally regard vitalism as a vestige of a bygone age.
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Pajamas are good for the soul.
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I first read science fiction in the old British Chum annual when I was about 12 years old.
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The spirit of the music and the energy that kicks back from the fans inspires me. To stay centered amidst the chaos I meditate. I first meditated at age 17 and have continued off and on through the years.
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In high school and college, I did not have any Christian friends except my best friend Sarah, who I actually 'brought to Jesus.'
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Do you know why dogs are man's best friend? It's because they're not in politics.
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I didn't consciously make the decision to write an adult novel. I didn't think of it as my riposte to the YA genre.
