Gary Clark Jr. Quotes
You know, I've never done karaoke, ever. It makes me nervous - I think it's the lack of the guitar and just a microphone.
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He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
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Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy.
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It's hard to bring up your children on benefit. It's easier if you can do part- time work, or even full-time work, and actually have a better standard of living, and that's the direction in which we are going.
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You can only learn by opening yourself up to engage with different sources of information. How can you learn something if you never see it, read it, or hear it?
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I do get approached occasionally, but not a ton. I'm unrecognizable because I'm coated in cat hair and sweat. And there's a sort of yeti quality to my presence... so I don't think that people can see the face.
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I was a scapegoat. The media had to put responsibility on somebody, and I was chosen. They felt free to say that because someone was thin they were anorexic, which is ridiculous.
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My dad was a good athlete. My mom had longevity. There were some athletic genes that certainly got passed down.
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I don't want or need to gain respect with what I do off the court. I want respect for what I do on the court.
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They're anti-government ideologues who dominate the Republican Party.
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You have family-owned businesses that have been around for 500 years. You cannot name a corporation that survives intact for even a few decades.
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We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure.
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Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.
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In the process of evolution, the body lasts for some time and then will take other body and take other body and take other body until the final redemption from diversity is transcended.
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My role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, 'I wish I could do that.'
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I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses.
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I'm very, very sensitive to pain and to people who suffer.
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Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.
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I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.
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I was asked to go to Cannes to present Amores Perros. And little did I know that this film would be huge. I saw it for the first time in Cannes, and it was the first time I'd seen myself on such a big screen. And it had a huge impact on me - it was the strangest feeling.
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The goal has been not to get pigeonholed. I like working in different genres. I'm gonna try to be entertaining and funny and do my usual thing.
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The path to self-esteem lies in getting over yourself. There is nothing to esteem about our smaller dramas; it's our commitment to something beyond ourselves that is truly estimable to ourself and others.
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One of the most difficult tasks men can perform, however much others may despise it, is the invention of good games and it cannot be done by men out of touch with their instinctive selves.
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You should never think without an image.
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You know, I've never done karaoke, ever. It makes me nervous - I think it's the lack of the guitar and just a microphone.
