Alan Gerry Quotes
Woodstock is the only thing we have going for us in this part of the state in terms of national recognition. The idea is to extract what was good about Woodstock, repackage it, and present it to Middle America.
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Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world.
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When you're a child, it's easy to see school as the worst thing in the world. It's only later in life you realise what a wonderful time it was. Looking back, I can't believe I even wanted to leave.
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Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us.
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Well, I decided to stop. And I did. I stopped smoking, and I stopped speed at the same time.
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It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
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To me, the funnest part of wrestling is evolving. If you stay the same all the time, you're eventually going to be left behind.
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I try to talk about policy issues intelligently, I try very hard to avoid thought bubbles. I make sure my speeches are well researched and footnoted. I make sure I am not talking through my hat.
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I'm not going to lie; the most fun of writing these books is just saying, 'Where am I going to write about? Let me go there!'
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Carelessness makes me cross. And unkindness.
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I write my own songs. I made my own videos. I pick my producers. Nothing goes out without my permission. It's all authentic.
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I'm trying to sell every audience something; that something is me.
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College dropouts with significant debt struggle with repayment over the course of their lives and do not receive the benefits afforded to their peers who have debt but obtain higher-paying jobs as a result of college completion.
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Lipgloss is my calling!
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My mother had an illegal abortion in 1960, which was the year the birth control pill came out, but I guess a little late for her, but - and I never knew. I found out when my father, after her death, got her FBI file.
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I don't mind going back to daylight saving time. With inflation, the hour will be the only thing I've saved all year.
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My mother took great relish in introducing me as 'This is my son - he's a doctor but not the kind that helps people.'
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There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust.
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Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.
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I think I always try to be accommodating and open and available and proving for my director. I love to give as many takes as they want. I love to give them as many choices as they want.
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It's easier to play aggression and malevolence onscreen, often, than to hit softer notes.
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No one I hang out with thinks that a random person on the street should be able to buy a machine gun.
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You have to face the fact that I have no reputation as a composer; I have my reputation as a songwriter and a performer-and that opportunity came this summer, when I was invited to perform at the Lincoln Centre festival in New York... three nights.
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I consider myself a humanist. Even if I do very dark worlds, I try to make those characters real humans as opposed to just cartoons.
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Woodstock is the only thing we have going for us in this part of the state in terms of national recognition. The idea is to extract what was good about Woodstock, repackage it, and present it to Middle America.
