Ben Gillies Quotes
The only way to play drums is hard. You can't play drums and not hit 'em, or go in there and be a pansy.
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I was an outsider, never quite part of what was going on, always looking in. It turned out to be great preparation for writing fiction.
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There's millions of gay people in the world. In 2011, you've got to hide that you're gay? Like, you know what I'm saying? Like, be real.
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You would never see me driving around in a sports car. I feel like you're so low and squish-able by transport trucks.
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With bikes, it is absolutely the case that you will get what you pay for. Invest in quality so it will endure wear and tear.
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The more of what our music does violates the premise of its format that it's presented in, the better. So, hearing our music in the supermarket, a Muzak version, is great.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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He who awaits much can expect little.
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There are no more excuses for leaving women out of the inner circles of power. Qualified women are everywhere. Women are ready for leadership; they just need to be identified and asked.
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Since I've had a son, I want to be around to see him grow up.
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To put me through school my morn had to work, so I was a latchkey kid.
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The best way to meditate is through meditation itself.
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My mom was on welfare and the occasional food stamp, but I have never participated in any of those governmental programs, even the ones that kind of work like education, scholarships and whatever, and I managed to do just fine.
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In my life, there have always been people who guided my path, towards the school, towards this company. I didn't know about any of it. I didn't have a plan. It's good fortune and generosity from other people that have given me all I have today.
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I try to write down every song that comes to me, even though I know that every song that comes to me isn't a song that I need to sing.
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I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that. Give them too much and they won't contribute anything themselves. Give them just a suggestion and you get them working with you. That's what gives the theater meaning: when it becomes a social act.
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I don't know that I'd call myself an optimist.
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Police can only act on intelligence.
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The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded with fruition.
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I wanted to write literature that pushed people into their lives rather than helping people escape from them.
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When I was 5 and playing against 11-year-olds, who were bigger, stronger, faster, I just had to figure out a way to play with them.
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If I didn't play tennis I don't know where I'd be.
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The only way to play drums is hard. You can't play drums and not hit 'em, or go in there and be a pansy.
