Gerry Lopez Quotes
One thing you learn from surfing is how to operate in the present. It's really what the surfing experience is all about.
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I love writers. All of my best friends are writers.
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You won't hear me talk about my politics, you won't hear me talk about my vegetarianism, you won't hear me comment on the Iraq war. You'll only hear me talk about being gay and being an actor. I am just public on those two issues.
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Playing Juliet in 'Heavenly Creatures' changed my life, and the role of Clementine in' Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' opened many new doors creatively.
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The greatest risk is really to take no risk at all. You've got to go out there, jump off the cliff, and take chances.
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I've never been on a television show as a regular before.
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Companies that have strong graphic identities have built them through years of use.
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When you work somewhere and you feel comfortable, you don't want to leave. You want to stay there forever.
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Money is not important to me. What makes me feel successful is making the people I love happy.
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Whatever is said about roles drying up, I intend to keep working. Certainly now the roles couldn't be more interesting - playing mothers, divorcees. I think it's going to be exciting to play a mother of teenagers. The longer your life, the deeper it gets.
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The Australian tour was good for us; it was ideal preparation for us.
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I obey Thee Lord, first for the love I ought, in all reason to bear Thee; secondly for that Thou canst shorten or prolong the lives of men.
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If in the midst of the many Dissatisfaction among us, the publication of these Trials may promote such a pious Thankfulness unto God, for Justice being so far executed among us, I shall Re-joyce that God is Glorified...
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I'm a director because I directed a movie. And if I have any advice for people, it's, 'Go write something; go direct it. If that's what you have a desire to do, go do it. If the movie stinks, just put it on the shelf and try to do it again.'
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I choose to feel optimistic, because I don't think I could get out of bed if I didn't.
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People see a hungry face, and they want to feed it; that's a natural response.
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Growing up, I decided, a long time ago, I wouldn't accept any manmade differences between human beings, differences made at somebody else's insistence or someone else's whim or convenience.
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I try to keep the more uninteresting stuff to a minimum, unless I'm really broke.
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It has been the greatest privilege of my adult and public life to have served, for 32 years, as the Member of Parliament for our local Highlands and Islands communities.
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I put in a lot of effort for a show like 'Jhansi Ki Rani,' and it worked. I think I am very lucky I have done that show!
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I'm a human being with a conscience, and when I see murder, I cannot stand by, and I have to call the murdered the murdered, and I have to call the murderers the murderers.
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Even in this glowering age, morality animates our lives with meaning.
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I want to do more films because if you do a lot of films, you become a better actor.
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You know sometimes I just want to curl up on stage and lie there for a while - it's weird.
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One thing you learn from surfing is how to operate in the present. It's really what the surfing experience is all about.
