Ben Gillies Quotes
We haven't really got to see that much of America because when we're touring there's always interviews to do or whatever, but the things I like most about America are the food -- nachos! -- and the roller coaster at Magic Mountain. The thing I liked least was the cold weather when we were there in February -- it's much better in summer.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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I'm a child of the Women's Movement. I always believed that I could do anything. That women didn't have to be limited in any way.
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I wish to say that we Anarchists have never changed our position. We are Anarchists as of old and still pursue the same ideals.
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I don't like people waiting on me. I feel it is an unnecessary expense.
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No one ever complains about a speech being too short!
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Let's face it; by and large math is not easy, but that's what makes it so rewarding when you conquer a problem, and reach new heights of understanding.
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Why do I always choose the shopping cart with the squeaky wheel? Is it my bad luck, or are all the carts dysfunctional?
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You fall out of your mother's womb, you crawl across open country under fire, and drop into your grave.
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Chinese economic development has cost many American workers their jobs. That's the price of progress.
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All cartoon characters and fables must be exaggeration, caricatures. It is the very nature of fantasy and fable.
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Oh, yes, we were on location with Another Man's Poison, which I wrote for Bette Davis.
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Laurel Canyon is kind of grotesque. It's this nature-themed place, and everybody is kind of angry.
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Hong Kong has plenty of superlative hotels, amazing food, and cool shopping.
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The only fear I have is that I will wake up one day and nobody will allow me to do films. This is a fear every actor has.
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We have a rich tradition here in the United States of great decathletes, which is amazing 'cause we have absolutely no program to develop these guys. Zero. There's nothing. They do it on their own, just like I did back in '76.
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The imperial vastness of late Roman architecture was made possible by the invention of concrete.
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I'm not sure if you can strive your way into a career as a novelist. You have to write books; there are no short cuts.
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When we do fantasy, we must not lose sight of reality.
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Try and penetrate with our limited means the secrets of nature and you will find that, behind all the discernible concatenations, there remains something subtle, intangible and inexplicable. Veneration for this force beyond anything that we can comprehend is my religion. To that extent I am, in point of fact, religious.
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I didn't want to use my father's name. I don't think I will ever want to use his influence... Never have I gone around asking people, 'Do you know who I am...' Even if it's to cut a line at the airport.
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I write all my sermons.
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Rock n' roll really belongs to all America. It really doesn't belong to one city.
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We haven't really got to see that much of America because when we're touring there's always interviews to do or whatever, but the things I like most about America are the food -- nachos! -- and the roller coaster at Magic Mountain. The thing I liked least was the cold weather when we were there in February -- it's much better in summer.
