Gail Sheehy Quotes
We have to move from the unbridled pursuit of self-gain at the expense of others to recovering appreciation for what we gain by caring and sharing with one another.
Quotes to Explore
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All genius is a conquering of chaos and mystery.
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I give all the glory to God. It's kind of a win-win situation. The glory goes up to Him and the blessings fall down on me.
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Any effort to create a second class of Americans, I just can't swallow that.
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I rode horses since I was a kid.
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I don't get far enough into a boring book to hate it.
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I am not the kind of leader who pontificates about what should be done - I don't operate on scenarios, and I am not a prophet.
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I've been recognized very seldom. I think I just look different in person than I do as the character.
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I get really restless when I haven't worked for a day and a half. I have a recurring dream that people are lined up next to my bed, waiting for autographs and taking pictures of me!
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Sentimentality is the only sentiment that rubs you the wrong way.
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I started coming up to New York at age 17. There was a girl I met over the summer somewhere; I was chasing her. I would drive up to D.C., where I had made some friends, which was about four hours away, and we would take the bus up to New York.
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As a television actor, I was held to a tight, rigid structure.
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Everything in Russia is made of cement - phone booths, fence posts and light bulbs.
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You'd have to be an idiot to say no to 'Hunger Games.'
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Creativity can be described as letting go of certainties.
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I'm a comedian, and my comedy has never endorsed violence towards gays.
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I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could.
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Long live the liberation of the workers off all countries from the infernal chasm of war, exploitation and slavery!
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Well, here's what I'll say: The storytellers of 'Lost' have taken us on a pretty great journey, and there have been questions along the way, and criticisms along the way, but if you look at the totality of the show, or the experience of it as a whole, I think as long as you look at it from that perspective you'll be happy.
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Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory it too good.
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There's nothing regular about my life at all, really. I don't keep a regular schedule and every day is different. It's all rather chaotic.
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You recalled the 1956 declaration, and this declaration established the rules that should be followed by both sides and that should be put into the foundation of a peace treaty. If you carefully read the text of this document, you will see that the declaration will take effect after we sign a peace treaty and the two islands [Kunashir and Shikotan] are transferred to Japan. It does not say on what terms they should be transferred and what side will exercise sovereignty over them.
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Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
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The funny thing is, I'm so used to not caring what anyone says, good or bad, that unfortunately even when people say good things I wish it made me feel good, but it doesn't.
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We have to move from the unbridled pursuit of self-gain at the expense of others to recovering appreciation for what we gain by caring and sharing with one another.
