Allan Gurganus Quotes

People have asked me about the 19th century and how I knew so much about it. And the fact is I really grew up in the 19th century, because North Carolina in the 1950s, the early years of my childhood, was exactly synchronous with North Carolina in the 1850s. And I used every scrap of knowledge that I had.

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• I don't pretend to be anything but an actor and a writer.

  

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• Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.

  

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• My gut feeling about sequels is that they should be premeditated: You should try to write a trilogy first or at least sketch out a trilogy if you have any faith in your film.

  

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• You know, I've just always been sort of goofy and kind of gone with it. I actually usually work more in drama, but I have been floating back and forth with comedy, and somehow they keep giving me jobs in comedy, so I guess there's something funny about me.

  

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• When you're a kid, to be honest, you could be in the worst situation ever, but you're still going to have ways to enjoy it.

  

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• None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.

  

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• Breaking the world record in '92 was a very special personal moment, but I'd say my favorite moment as a decathlete was winning the Olympic gold medal. It was a lot of years of work, and when I won it, it was more a sense of relief than jubilation or exaltation.

  

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• I love Brazilians. Brazilians ought to be made compulsory at 15.

  

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• I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.

  

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• The biggest part of my job now is to quickly develop successors, and around the world I am working to develop new business leaders in the company.

  

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• I like to play a strong woman, but a strong woman can also be very fragile and vulnerable at the same time.

  

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• However, if the religions in essence merely repeat statements from the United Nations Human Rights Declaration, such a Declaration becomes superfluous; an ethic is more than rights.

  

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• Life is so impermanent that it's not about somebody else or things around me, it's about knowing you are completely alone in this world and being content inside.

  

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• When I was 11, I decided to start rapping, playing guitar, and writing songs. Everything really blossomed from there.

  

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• Scientifically speaking, if I say something, or it gets misquoted, or people put a spin on it... I mean, are you interested, really, in what people are saying?

  

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• But if people are buying the products, naturally they're gonna use them.

  

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• I love walks, hiking, exploring and being on the beach.

  

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• I mean, I try to say the right things and give the right advice. But still, I'm only a person.

  

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• Definitely, people laugh a lot on the set. The actor always feels bad about laughing during a take. But I love it. It means you are having a good time and you are enjoying yourself. There is nothing wrong with laughter.

  

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• Some people don't believe in climate warning - like those who don't believe there was a Holocaust.

  

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• I have no chips on my shoulder. I like to be constructive. As I have said, I have inspired many persons to take up photography. As a matter of fact, I inspire myself. (When I take a good picture I give myself a bonus.).

  

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• Well, as you know, we're working through a difficult period in our financial markets right now as we work off some of the past excesses. But the American people can remain confident in the soundness and the resilience of our financial system.

  

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• People have asked me about the 19th century and how I knew so much about it. And the fact is I really grew up in the 19th century, because North Carolina in the 1950s, the early years of my childhood, was exactly synchronous with North Carolina in the 1850s. And I used every scrap of knowledge that I had.

  

  Allan Gurganus
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