John Gourley Quotes
I think we're pretty spiritual people, the band in general. We're not a bunch of hippies or anything like that, but we like to work together and work with people. We believe that positive energy is pretty necessary in life, although it's not always easy to maintain.
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As far as control and stuff is concerned, I never had any more in my life than for that All-Star game in 1934.
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It's not complicated to embrace life. You just have to make the choice.
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The key is working with great directors. A film is so many different people and all their talents, but particularly the directors, because of the idiosyncrasies of that person.
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I realise I have inadvertently become a source of inspiration and hope for people in India simply by the fact that I grew up there, went to my local university, but could go on to do well internationally.
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I am a total workaholic. If I don't shoot for two days, I get uncomfortable at home. I won't comment on my personal life. That is totally out of bounds. When I do get married, everyone will know.
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As an assistant operations officer for a helicopter task force in Iraq, I saw my fellow Guardsmen and soldiers risk life and limb to maintain diesel fuel supply lines.
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Yes, I believe the will is very important. It's how I have succeeded in life.
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All my life, people have asked me what I was so mad about. 'Why you so mad?' And I was never mad. I'm not mad, I just look mad.
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I've always been motivated more by negative comments than by positive ones. I know what I do well. Tell me what I don't do well.
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I feel like my life has been very serendipitous and really kind of humorous. Everything that's happened to me has been like an, 'Omigod, are you kidding me?'
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I'm not a writer where I feel particularly blessed by great inspiration every day. I don't. I have to work really hard at it to try and say the things I'm concerned with.
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Whoever stands for 'one China' will get our support. We can have talks with them, and our talks will cover anything.
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You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry, don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.
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I'm more interested in having a place to work out my voice and my body than I am in having furniture.
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The Small Business Lending Fund was cleverly named by its authors last Congress. Since its implementation, however, it would appear a more appropriate name would be the Bailed Out Bank Refinancing Fund.
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If you work with big stars, then they become the lead actors. It's not that I don't want to do films with big stars, but I would rather do the films where I get the title roles.
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I don't like the actors to work together beforehand. I trust my intuition, and I like when the actors are the same.
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First paying gig, I got 20 bucks. I played at some really weird venue. I don't remember the venue; I just remember it was the last stop on the A train. It was, like, the Far Rockaways, Queens, and it was an audience of, like, three people.
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A printed work, which cannot be read, becomes a product without purpose.
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People misinterpret what I say all the time: They think I'm being offensive, when really, I'm only being opinionated.
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You belong on TV and we can only hope he found a vehicle to keep him there.
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The civilized world needs to think about a decision when single politicians are not allowed to stay in power.
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I think we're pretty spiritual people, the band in general. We're not a bunch of hippies or anything like that, but we like to work together and work with people. We believe that positive energy is pretty necessary in life, although it's not always easy to maintain.
