Gail Godwin Quotes
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I'm afraid one thing - I don't like heights. Heights bug me out. I'm not cool with heights. I refuse to do a comedy show 12 stories up. I'm fearless about everything else.
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I really don't care if people know who I am or what's said about me.
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Understated jewellery is not for me. It's too itsy-bitsy. My husband is lucky, as I've never had a yen for real jewels.
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My favorite thing to do in this world is to be on the ice playing hockey and try to entertain fans and bring wins to the Chicago Blackhawks.
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I grew up playing basketball and baseball. I've always been active because my dad played professional football, so sports and working out have always been a part of my life.
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I learned very early on in life that not everyone wants to hear every fact in the world, even if you want to tell them everything you've ever read.
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In England we have come to rely upon a comfortable time-lag of fifty years or a century intervening between the perception that something ought to be done and a serious attempt to do it.
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I try to basically keep my opinions to myself when it comes to people who are charged with crimes that I don't know anything about.
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As a boy, I wanted to be the Peruvian Diego Maradona. Sadly, Peru hasn't made the World Cup since 1982, so I guess I did well to choose something different.
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Your focus should be on creating an environment where growth can occur and then letting nature take its course.
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As a little kid, I climbed a lot of trees because I always loved the bird's-eye view.
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The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
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It's important to have masculine energy around your child.
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I feel Dress for Success is basically about empowering women who were in a disadvantaged situation. The act of wearing a suit when she's walking in the door, it's so powerful - it's about gaining control of their lives and situations.
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In my life, there have always been people who guided my path, towards the school, towards this company. I didn't know about any of it. I didn't have a plan. It's good fortune and generosity from other people that have given me all I have today.
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It would definitely be fun to do a musical one day.
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Dead battles, like dead generals, hold the military mind in their dead grip.
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I didn't develop or build synths. I had my technicians modify them for my live stage performances.
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We can't be The Beatles. I can't shine their shoes. I can't sing as well as Paul or John. I can't write those kind of songs. But they would die in my armour and my eight-inch platform heels, and Paul can't spit fire, so there you have it.
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Go to the young conductors who are not making it, and you will hear how we shouldn't push ourselves or sell ourselves, how they don't have the right connections and the right opportunities. Well, you can be sure they've had the opportunities.
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Muhammad Ali is a combination of personality and athlete who is probably better known around the world than any other. He became a great hero.
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I like the idea of going to see the ice caps and the polar bears, because who knows how long they are going to be around for?
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Kindness is a calling. Caring about people is powerful. Love changes lives.
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How easy it was to make people happy, when you didn't want or need anything from them.
