Gannicus Quotes
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Coffee and smoking are the last great addictions.
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I don't think you get to be pope without making some enemies, like you do when you're president.
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I go to a regular school still, and I have the normal life of a regular kid.
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Sleep is the best meditation.
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I started off thinking that I just needed one shot to prove myself, but then I realised that I was only going to learn about acting by doing it.
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Writers are outsiders. Even when we seem like insiders, we're outsiders. We have to be. Our noses pressed to the glass, we notice everything. We mull and interpret. We store away clues, details that may be useful to us later.
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Americans are very easygoing people. If the added attention and great visibility that I have been able to generate can help open doors and expose more Chinese to American values and the American way of life, that is great.
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To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now.
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I have strong views about South African politics and I still don't feel I need to make public statements.
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Do stuff that scares you on a regular basis. I think it's good for the body and for the mind.
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The real problem is what to do with the problem-solvers after the problems are solved.
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My message isn't perfectly defined. I have, as a human being, fallen to peer pressure.
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..but what a pity that I did not come here in Venice when I was younger and more adventurous.
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The skyline of New York is a monument of a splendor that no pyramids or palaces will ever equal or approach.
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For four years, I listened to stories of intelligence failures, and it wasn't due to incompetence of anyone in the system, but that the system is so arcane.
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Dad was joyful until the day he died, and I think that joy was deeply rooted in his love affair with God.
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I think Twitter is such a cool thing because it really is a direct line to the fans and for fans back to you, and it's such a new thing. I think in the past there's been usually fan mail and that's really good, but Twitter, it gets an immediate response.
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It was tough for me at school... trying to blend in and get along with other kids. I was an oddity and kids are scared of things they don't understand.
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I really, truly believe beauty is beyond size.
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My mother hid the struggle from us children. She complained about her salary, and she had a tough time. Although she became a headmistress, she still had to do a lot of sewing. The more I think about her, the more remarkable I realise she was. And she understood straight away when I said that I wanted to write.
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It took me a long time to put it to use in things, but the name of my publishing company is Nine Music, and "Red" became my theme song.
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I thank God every night for David Stern.
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A Vastness, as a Neighbor, came,A Wisdom, without Face, or Name,A Peace, as Hemispheres at HomeAnd so the Night became.
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Every night is a time for drink.
