Gerald May Quotes
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I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
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I made a name for myself as someone who is determined to swim against the stream if it's dirty.
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People get very trapped where they are. When they hear 'fashion' they get intimidated, particularly at the upper end because it's so elitist.
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The success of each of us benefits us all, and the success of us all benefits each of us individually.
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I left for Petersburg in August, 1871 and stayed there until 1879.
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The life of an action star is very short. I want to be an actor like Robert De Niro, like Dustin Hoffman or Clint Eastwood who in their 70s or 80s can still act.
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Whenever people ask me what the story is for my next film, I won't tell and people feel it's because I'm being secretive or something, but it's actually because I'm ashamed to sum up a film in three sentences.
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When you find something that you really love to do, you kind of just know instantly that, OK yeah, I want to do this for the rest of my life.
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It's very irresponsible to deny the reality of a problem to see whether it might stop existing.
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Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
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Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
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I was a prosecutor for many years, I'm a crime victim myself, and I've tried so many cases I don't even know how many anymore.
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Our elders are always optimistic in their views of the present, pessimistic in their views of the future; youth is pessimistic toward the present and gloriously hopeful for the future. And it is this hope which is the lever of progress-one might say, the only lever of progress.
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I'm not angry; I write about angry characters. When I'm doing that, I'm happy. Just like when I'm writing about Mickey Sabbath being lustful, I'm not feeling lustful; I'm happy.
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I want to go home and just go for a long walk. And where I want to go, I have no idea.
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You have all these song titles and song time, and you put it in a certain order, and you slap a cover on it. That's a record. That's how I've seen all my records.
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I have always had extraordinarily good relations with very conservative colleagues. And that's not because I agree with any of them or fudge on my positions, but people feel I listen to them and give them the benefit of the doubt. I assume the best of people. And that, I think, is an attitude that is maybe rare in politics.
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We write because we believe the human spirit cannot be tamed and should not be trained.
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There is no national science, just as there is no national multiplication table; what is national is no longer science.
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We want more women players to take up chess. There are few participants at the national level and hope it will grow.
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Willfulness must give way to willingness and surrender. Mastery must yield to mystery.
