Geoffrey Gray Quotes
There's an obsession, within our culture, with the genteel thief. Somebody who commits a crime, but does it in a classy way.
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He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.
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It's quite rare that you find models taken care of backstage.
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I went to the Technion and studied with Avram Hershko. I found it more exciting than practicing medicine.
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We watch our sons go to war, disagree with the rationale for sending them, loathe the men who ordered them to battle, and then, when the veterans come home, beg and plead with the local V.A. to ensure they have access to proper care.
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Since belief determines behavior, doesn't it make sense that we should be teaching ethical, moral values in every home and in every school in America?
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We cannot afford idleness, waste or inefficiency.
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As a writer, I've always felt it's my job to be extremely careful when writing about victims, especially women.
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I'm a much better mother at 46... than if I were like, 21 or 25.
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It is a myth that art has to be sold. It is not like stocking a grocery store where people fill a pushcart. Art is a product that has no apparent need. The salesperson builds the need in the mind of the buyer.
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Doing representations of real people is not my strongpoint as a visual artist, and I know that.
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News conferences are the only chance the American public has to see Ronald Reagan use his mind.
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There is definitely that thing here a little where people are like 'Oh that Broadway girl has come to Nashville' and I'm like 'Listen you guys, I was singing country before I even got a Broadway show. And I'm from Kentucky.'
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My screenwriting credits in my career are probably not dissimilar to some other ones in the sense that a lot of the scripts you write don't get made, and the ones that do get made are certainly - as a writer, they're not your vision.
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I'm concerned a little bit with the culture of celebrating the fundraise. My dad taught me that when you borrow money it's the worst day of your life.
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The soul that does not consider the question of the body’s self-sufficiency cannot make itself self-sufficient.
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You can't really write until the characters kind of show up one day and tell you what they're going to say. You start to hear the rhythm of the way the people talk, and then it becomes easier.
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Democracy derailed is democracy denied.
Chaka Fattah -
We make such terrible mistakes with visual choices about beauty.
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If you ever see young artists, and they're not sounding good, they sound good. They're good singers. They wouldn't be where they are if they didn't sound good. It's their nerves. Any time you see your favorite artist, and he's or she's screwing up or not hitting those notes, it's not because she can't hit it or she can't sing; he or she is scared.
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Look. I have always rejected the argument that members of Congress cast their vote because they're Jewish or not Jewish. I didn't cast my vote as a Jewish member of Congress. I cast my vote as a member of Congress.
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I think I'd be too scared to direct my first movie and put myself in the center.
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It was not cool to be that fun, bubbly kid, so I would just go off on my own and sing and make up songs, and that's how I think I developed into the kind of artist and writer that I am.
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There's an obsession, within our culture, with the genteel thief. Somebody who commits a crime, but does it in a classy way.
