Gerald Petievich Quotes
There's only one thing more frightening than being asked to do a book tour, and that's not being asked to do a book tour.
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One of the things I wonder is whether it's good that the whole free model makes a lot of people listen to more of your music. I'm wondering if it devalues it, it becomes disposable, because you can get it so easily.
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Anyone can call himself a promoter. Anyone can call himself a promoter and stage a fight. Unlike other professional sports, whose owners collude out of mutual interest in their sport's image and general welfare, there are no real alliances or partnerships in boxing.
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I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland. And when we moved to America, it was just the typical thing except I was really good at it; so was my brother.
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I pass by that it is very culpable to be facetious in obscene and smutty matters.
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All true happiness, pure joy, sweet bounties, and unclouded pleasure are contained within the knowledge and love of God.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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The good romances are as good as anything.
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I certainly love doing comedy and feel most comfortable near it.
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I always loved Sam Cooke, because he seemed very versatile. He sang gospel, soul, blues, pop music.
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An awful lot of Republicans, both in Washington and outside Washington, are resigned to leaving Obamacare in effect.
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Music changes so fast, and we're in a singles market.
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Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
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My parents never told me to get a real job. They always said, 'Go for it! If this is what you want to do, work hard.' They were always very supportive.
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Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead.
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I just missed out on qualifying for the Sydney Olympics in 2000.
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The doctrine he was going to be teaching, starting tonight, was not the sort of ideology that would stir souls; no one would die for this religion. It would only attracts converts by promising a return to old tradition and by seeming to be the religion of the future.
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Neo-conservatives are unlike old conservatives because they are utilitarians, not moralists, and because their aim is the prosperity of post-industrial society, not the recovery of a golden age.
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None whatsoever.
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Teenagers have more intense reading experiences because they've had fewer of them. It's like the first time you fall in love. You have a connection to that first person you fell in love with because it was so intense and unprecedented.
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It is worth mentioning, for future reference, that the creative power which bubbles so pleasantly in beginning a new book quiets down after a time, and one goes on more steadily. Doubts creep in. Then one becomes resigned. Determination not to give in, and the sense of an impending shape keep one at it more than anything.
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There's going to be stress in life, but it's your choice whether to let it affect you or not.
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I love writing for young adults because they are such a wonderful audience, they are good readers, and they care about the books they read.
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Me and my shadow Strolling down the avenue Oh, me and my shadow Not a soul to tell our troubles to And when it's twelve o'clock we climb the stairs We never knock 'cause nobody's there Just me and my shadow All alone and feeling blue
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There's only one thing more frightening than being asked to do a book tour, and that's not being asked to do a book tour.
