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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I have all of these lives that I want the music to live, but at the end of the day, it's out there.
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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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My command, less than ten thousand, had found the battle on the Plank road in retreat, little less than a panic. In a few hours we changed defeat to victory, the broken divisions of the Third Corps rallying in their rear.
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I think it makes people frustrated when they have to live their actual lives commercial free and they can't just magically wind up at the part with the happy ending.
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America thrived in the 20th century because we made high school free. We sent a generation to college. We cultivated the most educated workforce in the world.
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Cheap labor is a small part of the problem at work here. If it were only cheap labor, America would be in trouble. Because it's other things, too, we have a great chance to turn it around. Here's the problem: Our high corporate tax rate pushes our companies offshore. Our high regulatory burden pushes our companies offshore.
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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.
