Georgie Anne Geyer Quotes
The United States must keep what it has - diversity and tolerance - which make us what we are.
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My work is not so much a direct commentary as it is an open-ended observation of the absurdities around us.
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I really value words. I really try to illustrate and let people draw their own conclusions.
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Fashion is one big family.
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We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.
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My mom bought me a white Strat, but that wasn't what I wanted, so I went to a guitar store in Cleveland and - the guy told me it was a really good deal - made an even swap for a blue Teisco Del Ray. I loved that guitar and used it a bunch.
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I'm going to college. I don't care if it ruins my career. I'd rather be smart than a movie star.
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I was raised on a ranch in Wyoming, and I've been riding horses most of my life.
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My existence is fuller of other people's experiences than my own. If they cut open my brain, these are what I would retain most.
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My mother was willing to support art as a summer program for me. She never supported it as a career decision until I won the National Gallery Portrait Competition.
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Next to being witty, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit.
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Bad acting is the ultimate inconsideration.
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I am one of the happiest people I know. And that's a weird place to have arrived at from being a depressed Jewish kid.
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When you hold things back, when you don't commit completely to your ideas and trust completely in your own instincts, you are guaranteeing your own failure - even if you end up having commercial success.
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I don't really need to be dirty to be funny.
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I don't want to be a fulfilled woman.
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Sometimes we look at gay being a bigger sin than being proud or not telling the truth. I don't think God categorizes sins.
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I long for the countryside. That's where I get my calm and tranquillity - from being able to come and find a spot of green.
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Each artist attracts his own different set of fans. And G3 over the years has created it's own audience as well... they know it's something unusual and special that they're not going to get anywhere else ... young and old, both sexes, all come out. They all look at each other like, Wow, what are those people over there ? ... They're surprised at their own diversity.
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Tolerance is a virtue, but like all virtues, when exaggerated, it transforms itself into a vice. We need to be careful of the “tolerance trap” so that we are not swallowed up in it. The permissiveness afforded by the weakening of the laws of the land to tolerate legalized acts of immorality does not reduce the serious spiritual consequence that is the result of the violation of God’s law of chastity.
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Charlottesville is a quiet town with friendly people, good schools, lots of churches, parks, and a bustling, growing community that more or less revolves around one of the country's great public universities. Volunteerism is rampant, and dozens of nonprofits hustle about, solving problems and helping those in need.
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The United States must keep what it has - diversity and tolerance - which make us what we are.
