Gelson Martins Quotes
I'm a fast player and I thought that I would fit in because they defend well and break.
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My mum brought me up to think that personal happiness is more important than your family.
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In the long run, I believe that honesty is definitely the best policy. One can get away by being dishonest for a short term, but ultimately, honesty is what pays.
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You know, my mum's always encouraged me and never made my gender an issue, I guess. She brought me up to believe in equality, as opposed to feminism or sexism – so it just meant that my gender was not relevant to what I was capable of achieving.
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Getting to the point where I was ready to write a book has been about a 20-year journey of being, really honestly, too afraid to try - which I think is pretty common for people who are trying to write a large piece of fiction.
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Solar power is going to be absolutely essential to meeting growing energy demands while staving off climate change.
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When I was climbing, I built up a close relationship with the Sherpa people.
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The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which in 1996 set out to ban nuclear tests, is an important step, but we need to do more - and we can.
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I think a man turns into a writer by editing his own texts.
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Shakespeare is rich and beautiful, and it can be an amazing experience to read and to watch and to work on.
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Who is a terrorist? Is it not the person who has been persecuting human beings simply because they are black?
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Pay attention to how we move things
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Never in endless time will ring a sound as sweetly As when a human heart in God is tuned completely.
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My own feeling on the consumer is that he - he or she looks at what it costs them to pay their bills every month as opposed to how much debt they have.
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In quiet moments, I love to read.
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I like to be in New York. Le Corbusier described it in the 1930s as a 'wonderful catastrophe.' It is still a wonderful catastrophe, but inspiring.
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I am the same as the public as my fans.
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My parents weren't actors or studio executives.
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I just like to have cereal in the morning, but it'll be those cluster things - it's a bit random - and through the day, I like just pasta, plain pasta with a bit of sauce on it, never too much in case I get a bad belly... and jelly just before I go on for a bit of energy!
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I prefer to play and lose rather than win, because I know in advance I'm going to win.
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I'm currently trying to direct my own material.
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It seems as though if you go on tour with someone that means you're automatically going out with them. I'm just focusing on my music.
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Fred Stuckey, 'Eric Clapton Interview,' Guitar Player 4 (June 1970) p. 47. guitarplayer.com
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But words are more powerful than anything.
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I'm a fast player and I thought that I would fit in because they defend well and break.
