Gary Locke Quotes
We've come a long way since Nixon's first visit to China, or Carter's reestablishment of diplomatic relations.
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I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.
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I write fast. But it takes me a while to get going. It's very important for me to see my whole plot. I have to see the end first because I like a surprise in the end. Which is why I let characters and plot gestate in my mind.
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I never feel with the fashion stuff that it's too fake. If I was a model and had a working part in Fashion Week, then I might feel like that, but I'm just a visitor. I really only walk in and watch the shows and think, 'Maybe I could wear that in a video.' I meet the designer, say hello, and then I go.
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In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.
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Is literature more important than hurting people? You can't argue that. You can't say it. It's impossible.
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Inspire your children. I promise, your kids will think you're cool if you do this. They may not tell you that now, but they'll thank you later in life.
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Our international success started out first because we became the No. 1 casual wear brand in our home market of Japan. Then, we set up stores in the world's major fashion centers of New York, Paris and London.
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I'm the Jerry Lewis of crime fiction.
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There's no way you can predict what is going to happen in six months or two years in most businesses, and certainly not for businesses that are growing at the rate that we have grown.
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Bad ballplayers make good managers.
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I'm kind of an antsy person.
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I compose music for films, and by the grace of God, I've got a few awards. That's it.
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Whether it was Little League or playing with your brothers or sisters, that was always a problem. If I would lose - because I very rarely lost - then everything would go crazy.
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I really like the collaboration of doing movies and television. But I like the sort of solitary work of doing music.
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In a repressed society, artists fulfil a sense of harking back to instant gratification, or immediate expression, by doing things that function on the edge of society, or outside of what is conventionally accepted.
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So finally I came up with a thing that felt really pure, and I'm Christian, so when I hear about death I have a lot of hope because I believe in Jesus and life after death, and John 3:16.
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I was a shy gay man at a time when it was illegal to be gay.
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When we started, it was so intense: it was like a religion. And when you played with Duane Allman, you either gave it your all or you got out.
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There is plenty of building material and more than enough manpower to make a decent home for every Cuban. But if we continue to wait for the golden calf, a thousand years will have gone by, and the problem will remain the same.
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We are at war - undeclared and of such a subtle nature that few have noticed - but war nevertheless. It is a cyberwar on many fronts, in which it is difficult to identify who is friend and who is foe. I will predict now, as unintelligible as it may seem, that Anonymous will turn out to be more friend than foe.
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We've come a long way since Nixon's first visit to China, or Carter's reestablishment of diplomatic relations.
