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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We have been given a role to play. We have been asked to provide, to give lectures on the role of Islamic development and the way we do it here, so the people who are Muslims there would understand what the role of Islam is.
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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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A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation. If you die before the dinner takes place, your executor must attend.
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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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I just want to keep acting and better my craft and see how far it goes.
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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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Silence hides nothing. Words conceal.
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Humans beings always do the most intelligent thing…after they’ve tried every stupid alternative and none of them have worked
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When I realized I wanted to do more writing and less traveling around the world teaching live seminars, I decided to write the first 'Chicken Soup for the Soul(R)' book. I knew I wanted to have 100 stories in the book, so I wrote or edited two stories a week for a year.
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Now any dogma, based primarily on faith and emotionalism, is a dangerous weapon to use on others, since it is almost impossible to guarantee that the weapon will never be turned on the user.
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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.
