John Gourley Quotes
I went to so many sleepovers where these parents were reading the 'Book of Revelation' before bed and things like that. I would listen to that stuff, and I would sit there and say to myself, 'If God is so great and so good, why is there this list of rules?' Like, you go to hell if you don't believe in him and hold him up above everyone else.
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Any creative process comes with a level of self-analysis and self-criticism. There's a lot of waking up in the middle of the night going, 'Oh, I wish I had done that differently.'
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I've been told I'm too good looking for certain roles, but that's okay, it just motivates me to go deeper.
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I started as a teenager going up on commercials.
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The biggest thing politically within fashion is that the clothing should be displayed on different body shapes.
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I think the thing that I get most excited about is the fact that I know I'm gonna have a great match. That's when I get the butterflies. When it's just a regular match or something like that, I may not get that.
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I grew up watching my mom and dad selling rooms in our motels. We had CEOs coming to our house so that my dad could persuade them to have their executives stay in Hyatt hotels.
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I've always said if what I'm going to create doesn't look good on everybody, I'm not going to do it.
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I don't seek the counsel of God. God doesn't speak to me on what I should or shouldn't do.
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In L.A., it's easy to get wrapped up in this young Hollywood mess. You feel like you have to go out every night. You have to realize that you're here to work. I didn't move out here to party all the time.
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I walked out of 'Harry and the Hendersons.' Harry bugged me; I don't know. Yeah, it's weird because I think Sasquatches are great, but not then. Maybe not that weekend - I don't know. I don't know what it was.
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I liked 'Diff'rent Strokes' up until about the last three or four years. I was bored.
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Trying to guess what the (mass) audience wants and then trying to satisfy that is usually a bad recipe for getting something good.
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California is infamous for passing things and then waking up and saying, 'What the hell did we just pass?'
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I grew up kind of a tomboy and I used to fight with all the neighborhood boys.
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Bitterness and unforgiveness block the flow of God's blessing in your life and actually hinder your prayers.
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If you don't have the money management skills yet, using a debit card will ensure you don't overspend and rack up debt on a credit card.
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If you have a song that you think sounds like another song you should contact the publishing company and say I have a song here, let's cut a deal that lets everyone walk away feeling good.
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If you've got a good melody and a good story married together, that's a good sign for hit-song material.
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I love writing. Given a choice, after directing for all these years, and if given an army of talented directors, I would not direct at all.
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Benjamin Franklin may have discovered electricity, but it was the man who invented the meter who made the money.
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Man is very well defended against himself... The actual fortress is inaccessible, even invisible to him, unless his friends and enemies play the traitor and conduct him in by a secret path.
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I have my work and my faith... If that's boring to some people, I can't tell you how much I don't care.
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I went to so many sleepovers where these parents were reading the 'Book of Revelation' before bed and things like that. I would listen to that stuff, and I would sit there and say to myself, 'If God is so great and so good, why is there this list of rules?' Like, you go to hell if you don't believe in him and hold him up above everyone else.
