Gary E. Stevenson Quotes
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I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration.
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Countries that intervene militarily rarely do so out of pure altruism.
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I feel at home in a lot of places, but I am truly an African-American.
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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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I think it is perfectly natural for any artist to admire intensely and love a young man. It is an incident in the life of almost every artist.
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A man's kiss is his signature.
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Right now the focus is the album that is released and then the tour coming up. After the tour they will let us know about the options and offers that came in for us.
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I always love that phrase, 'Oh, this is a good idea, but it's execution dependent.' As if anything in life is not execution dependent. Breathing is execution-dependent.
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I appreciate the response and the support of fans, of people who actually don't mind watching me on screen... I just don't ever want to jeopardize that.
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There is one type of ideal woman very seldom described in poetry - the old maid, the woman whom sorrow or misfortune prevents from fulfilling her natural destiny.
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I'm still in touch with a lot people who continue to serve our country well.
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The focus and the concentration and the attention to detail that flying takes is a kind of meditation. I find it restful and engaging, and other things slip away.
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If my life had to be a song I would name it, 'Live every day like its your best day ever', because it pretty much is.
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You only get one chance at life and you have to grab it boldly.
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I'm a real simple person. I believe that the Bible means what it says, and says what it means.
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My mother read me biblical stories at night.
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I wrote my first play at the age of 10, 55 years ago, and I've always found it a fantastic relief to imagine I know what things would be like from the point of view of other individuals and to send out signals from where I actually am not. Playwrights never need to write from the place where they are.
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My grandpa was in the Navy, but it wasn't something that was expected or planned for me to do.
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The space shuttle is a better and safer rocket than it was before the Challenger accident.
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Sometimes experience trumps assumption.
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I'm happy to have a physical part in 'High Tension,' in 'Hereafter,' and in a lot of French movies and Belgian movies. But its not by chance directors choose me for physical parts. I like to do that. I like to tell a story also with the body. It's important, because you can tell a lot of things.
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My wife will tell you that if you feel my hands before I walk on for a performance, you could chill a bottle of wine.
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What I've learned is sometimes it's good not to have all the same actions and have all the same takes. The variety you provide gives the director later on in post-production the ability to construct a more interesting performance as he puts the movie together.
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The miracle of the Atonement can make up for imperfections in our performance.
