Gayl Jones Quotes
When you tell a story you automatically talk about traditions, but they're never separate from the people, the human implications. You're talking about your connections as a human being.
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I'm not a sun person.
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Sufis teach that we first must battle and destroy the evil within ourselves by shining upon it the good within, and then we learn to battle the evil in others by helping their higher selves gain control of their lower selves.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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I just want to continue the success and be an athlete that is shown in a good light in New York City.
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I've worked hard throughout my entire life, but I don't think all the hard work could have produced the same results without all the genetics I was given.
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What's going on in the inside shows on the outside.
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I want to be able to be a father to my kids, where I've never seen my father, but my kids can see me whenever they want, so that was broken.
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Opera was the cinema of its time, so to bring back that popular appeal, you just need to unleash its visceral immediacy and excitement. Most productions don't manage that - but when an opera does do it, you never forget it.
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They all hope I will go broke and I wouldn't like to cause them displeasure.
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I needed to purge myself of all the attention my parents had given me – I wasn't neglected enough as a child.
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I've had a few conversations with people who are horrified: who tell me my work is demeaning, is sexist, is negative.
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In theatre, there's no time for a proper meal.
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I don't think about records.
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I would never call a neighbor an enemy. But I would request the neighbor to be a good neighbor, to see that the neighbor's interest is a stable prosperous neighbor, a neighbor that is doing well.
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If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
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I was born in 1991, and 'Harry Potter' came out in '97, so, you know, I was really obsessed. I used to read them in one night.
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Here lies W. C. Fields. I would rather be living in Philadelphia.
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My experience with songwriting is usually so confessional, it's so drawn from my own life and my own stories.
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I'm convinced that what kids need today are parents - not buddies. They need someone who will exercise mature judgment.
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The worst career advice is to just do something because it's paying, and there are a lot people out there that will push you to take a job because of money. I am not motivated by money, and I have found a lot of disappointment when I've had to do something because I needed to support myself in that way.
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What I want to do is tell stories about normal people in the American suburbs. I don't write the book where it's a conspiracy reaching the prime minister; I don't write the book with the big serial killer who lops off heads. My setting is a very placid pool of suburbia, family life. And within that I can make pretty big splashes.
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I always want to keep my skin clean when I get up in the morning, and I use sunscreen before I go out to the field.
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When you tell a story you automatically talk about traditions, but they're never separate from the people, the human implications. You're talking about your connections as a human being.
