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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When you can score three goals without the most prolific scorer in the world, you know you have a lot of depth, and it gives you confidence.
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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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The partner that you have is supposed to make you a better person, and when you're happy, you're a better person.
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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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You can almost taste the pressure now.
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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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Art for me is like breathing.
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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 still listen to a lot of the classics from Bob Dylan and John Martin, but I love electronic music as well. I'm a big fan of an Australian DJ and producer called Flume, who I think is incredible. He should be more successful in the U.K.!
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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 really feel like my goal, and I don't always achieve it, is to do the best work I can do, and stay out of the results. Because ultimately, the result is not what the work is about. There are other people whose jobs are to focus on those results and maximize them, and that's great. Let them do their job.
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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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To retain my fascination with chemistry, I have had to change my research fields about every 10 years.
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It was around the summer of 1982 when the drug problem really impacted. It became a lifestyle rather than a recreation. When you start lying and stealing, you cannot con yourself you're in control any more.
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Learning consists of ideas, and not of the noise that is made by the mouth.
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Acting is an experience of using your body to take your place in life.
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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.
