Gary L. Thomas Quotes
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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I don't hurt or want for visibility, but people seem to forget pretty easily.
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Lord of the Rings made me realize that I'm not interested in doing anyone else's work.
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I've fought with everyone . And now I have become so headstrong that I only do what I want.
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I'm consistently telling stories about the value of the human condition and connectedness and things like that.
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The position is: the Gaelic language is no longer the native language; it is dead, yet food is being brought to the graveyard.
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In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.
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I am pretty tough as a boss.
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When you're bad in the NBA, you're in the lottery. When you're great in college, you get multiple lottery picks.
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When you try to find funding for a VVA function, it doesn't seem like it's any trouble at all. People come out of the woodwork with their money to help out because we went over and fought a war.
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Nothing is inevitable until it happens.
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I want to make music, I want to act, I want to sing, I want to do something that doesn't make my skin erupt.
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I love Austin for vintage shopping, and there are some really good places in L.A., too.
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Wanting to be in a Western film won't get me very far. Unless the opportunity arose, it doesn't matter how much I want to be in one. But if an opportunity did arise, no actor would pass it up.
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For me, life is about experiencing many new things and working with good people, working on good projects, and in general, just having any kind of job.
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In life, you need a house and a car. After that, you have a choice.
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I raised my kids kind of old-fashioned - if you don't have something nice to say, then don't say it at all. I teach love, acceptance, and tolerance... I sometimes think that this generation is lacking in decency.
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It is time to end the western policy of malign neglect. It is in the interest of the whole world to help tackle the actual grievances in Palestine, Kashmir, and in central and southern Iraq, and to help the region out of its economic backwardness.
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Without education, confidence does not come.
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Big government inevitably drives an upward distribution of wealth to those whose wealth, confidence and sophistication enable them to manipulate government.
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Because when you have millions of people with this kind of need for gratification, and the culture is saying that it's possible for everyone to satisfy all of their needs and desires all of the time, there are obviously going to be clashes - clashes of ego.
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When you need an idea about how to do anything, get quiet and relaxed and think about what it is you need to know. Then the flow of ideas will come. Be patient and let it happen. Sometimes it takes a little while, but it always works.
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People might be surprised because I settled for an arranged marriage, but that's what's chosen for us.
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A good marriage isn't something you find; it's something you make.
