Gary Smalley Quotes
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Most of the time, the lyrics are kind of like my secret messages to my friends or my boyfriend or my mom or my dad. I would never tell them that these songs are about them or which specific lyric is about somebody. Often, when I sit down to write a lyric, it is in the heat of the moment, and something has just happened.
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I saw 'The Devil Wears Prada.' I don't think it's a reality.
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The thing about being an actor is that every new job is a new challenge. Sometimes you'll have a shot, and it doesn't work. Sometimes it'll work better than you expected.
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If you want to learn about America, watch 'The Wire.' It's a profound piece of entertainment.
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I'm not a universalist, and the way I talk about final loss is this: People worship idols - money, whatever. Their humanness gets reshaped around the idol - you become like what you worship. That's one of the basic spiritual laws.
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I can do a book in three months if I spend all day, seven days a week at it and, in fact, I work better that way.
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I moved when I was 16. I had no clue what to expect in moving to L.A. I had no clue, really, about what acting was. I just knew that I wanted to do it.
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We were like a stock company at Warners. We didn't know any of the stars from the other studios.
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You can think of Hollywood as high school. TV actors are freshmen, comedy actors are maybe juniors, and dramatic actors - they're the cool seniors.
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All of the very important events in my life happen by chance.
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In my humble opinion, change is stupid.
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I love for the crowd to feed off me, and I try to make my teammates feed off me.
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So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.
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But with rap music - not just N.W.A. - but rap music in general, seeing these artists wearing these team logos all the time started bringing a synergy and energy about having to rep your city, your team, everywhere and all the time.
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I have used Proactiv, and I use X Out, and they are the only things that work for me.
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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I've been surprised at how much an unknown like myself can accomplish just by reaching out to people and pleading my case. Quotes for the book cover, reviews and interviews, readings and radio appearances - all this by simply moving ahead and making contact with folks I thought might enjoy the writing.
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The public always picks quality.
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As far as I'm concerned, I want to remain the mean little man I always was.
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I try not to pass judgment on anyone, and I wish they wouldn't pass it on me.
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'SNL' is probably one of the premiere outlets that a musician can perform on that isn't obviously a music outlet.
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We are here to repair the world. I grew up thinking that was what everybody was trying to do.
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And Myrnin seemed quite taken with that, Claire thought; she’d never seen him look at anyone with quite that much admiration. It surprised her that it made her feel a little … what was that? Jealous? Couldn’t be.
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God specializes in impossible situations.
