Ben Gillies Quotes
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If I could marry my motorcycle, I'd roll her right up to the altar.
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I've decided to study the MBA, as it's crucial to have comprehensive knowledge of business administration and management in running science technology institutes as well as making science-related policies.
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To me, AIDS is an international epidemic and every country can be affected by it. Therefore, it can be discussed on an international level. Unfortunately, AIDS doesn't require a visa.
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If you're smarter than me, you shouldn't be reading my books.
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After the oil spill, I had this strong feeling that if I ever were to be blessed in having children, I never wanted my kids to see me pumping gas at a gas station. I think it's our responsibility to make the changes that we need to take regardless of convenience.
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That's the American way. If little kids don't aspire to make money like I did, what the hell good is this country?
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I don't spend money on anything. I don't collect anything. I don't spend it on furniture.
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The worst part of getting close to someone is the part when you have to miss them.
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As we are poetical in our natures, so we delight in fable.
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It's not the worst thing to slap a woman now and then.
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The most important thing to me is winning tournaments. I love winning.
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As I see it, my job as a writer isn't to judge, but to take a reader as far inside as I can and let them dwell there.
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Action films are emotionally and physically draining, and you're dirty and sweaty. In a romantic comedy, you have to have your fingernails perfect, you're in air-conditioned rooms the whole time.
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If someone said they were going to beat you up in a non-serious manner, it wouldn't be assault, ... On the other hand, if they said it, and you were in fear of them actually doing it, then that would be.
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Another huge advantage that humans have is good old common sense.
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I've never really had much of a career plan, and interesting opportunities kept cropping up.
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I get a thrill meeting kids who are into alternative music.
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I never limit myself when it comes to telling stories; I think people can see that in my body of work. It's just about, 'What's a great story? Is it unique? Is it a challenge?'
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That's a very good way to learn the craft of writing - from reading.
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I didn't do a Bondy. We didn't produce anything new, just things that were in the Australian tradition - but better and stronger. Beyond the ideas I can't take any credit for the growth of the business. The kids were responsible. I was too busy with cattle and gold.
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That was Australian sarcasim.
