Ben Gillies Quotes
Music has pretty much taken over my life. I told my dad I wanted to play in a band and make lots of money. He told me I should get out of my fantasy world because it was a million-to-one chance. Now when I'm playing guitar or drums and he tells me to go do my studies, I tell him I can't--because I'm working. He just looks at me, shakes his head, laughs, and says, 'You lucky bastard.'
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We must strive to become good ancestors.
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We didn't sleep last week - we literally didn't sleep - because we've been so busy with the book.
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The penalty of success is to be bored by people who used to snub you.
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I've done a lot of practical anthropology, living in villages with people and realizing how difficult it is to get out of poverty. When in poverty, people use their skill to avoid hunger. They can't use it for progress.
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When you can throw 97 miles an hour and put the ball over the plate anytime you want, it's fun.
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To be on the set with the actors, with the location, every day changes; every day something can go wrong.
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One cannot be too careful in the selection of adjectives for descriptions. Words or compounds which describe precisely, and which convey exactly the right suggestions to the mind of the reader, are essential.
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Often for hors d'oeuvres, I serve room temperature vegetables, something like that, so that the main course might be quite rich but the first course has balanced it out.
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Cyndi Lauper is really good at talking to you about normal things. It's strange to be in the presence of a big celebrity like that. You want to make these connections and say things related to being a fan. It's not as interesting for them. She's amazing at making small talk without it seeming small.
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Raised by an irresponsible mother during the Great Depression in the Jim Crow south, my father was on his own from the age of 13.
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Nocebos often cause a physical effect, but it's not a physically produced effect. What's the cause? In many cases, it's an unanswered question.
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Don't worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and all that will come to you.
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I want people to notice my writing abilities are real and that I'm not just stuck in one situation.
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I had heard about how people struggle and how hard it is to get into acting. But I did not care because it's something I love.
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I have worshipped woman as the living embodiment of the spirit of service and sacrifice.
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My parents were laborers so we lived on South Park, which was a low-income region of Seattle. You had a choice - you either joined or formed a gang or you let others bully you.
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I don't think theater is dying, and musicals are a great American art form. We've got apple pie, jazz and musical theater.
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She don’t set no store to see a king. Her pa a king back in Africa, and they shoot him dead. Them Portuguese slavers show her what it mean to be a king-it mean you die quick like everybody, and spill blood red like everybody, and cry out loud in pain and scared-oh, fine to be a king, and fine to see one. Do them White folk believe this lie?
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I will continue to work hard until I get to where I want to be.
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I thought I knew a lot about music. Then you start digging and the deeper you go, the more there is.
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I'm sort of murdered for selling books. The idea is, if you make money your work can't be literary.
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The partner that you have is supposed to make you a better person, and when you're happy, you're a better person.
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An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day.
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Music has pretty much taken over my life. I told my dad I wanted to play in a band and make lots of money. He told me I should get out of my fantasy world because it was a million-to-one chance. Now when I'm playing guitar or drums and he tells me to go do my studies, I tell him I can't--because I'm working. He just looks at me, shakes his head, laughs, and says, 'You lucky bastard.'
