John Gourley Quotes
As a songwriter, it's good to have criticism, and I like objective opinions.
Quotes to Explore
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I want people to get over the stigma about hemp. These seeds can't make you high, but they will make you feel good.
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Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation are not utopian ideals. They are critical to global peace and security.
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It is a growing process. You can't just like beer. You have to start somewhere and learn the different flavors.
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I've been searching for ways to heal myself, and I've found that kindness is the best way.
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I think there's something very dark in the South African psyche. I think we live a lot of the time in a state of a very low-grade civil war; the levels of violence in South Africa are extremely high. In a way, the civil war that never happened is being played out in a covert way, so we live with a lot of very ugly things.
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Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous.
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Many writers from the suburbs of history, such as Ireland and Argentina, produced more original work than their counterparts in the United States; they still seem to.
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It is time for Hillary Clinton to permanently retire.
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I feel at home in a lot of places, but I am truly an African-American.
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Back in high school, I didn't ever see a Muslim homecoming king or queen - there was never even anyone nominated. It just seemed for a lot of those events, Muslim kids were not being included, and it was probably our fault too - no one was going for it, but no one was trying to push us to do it, you know?
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Chris and Toby are far too sane to be upset any more.
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Some talk shows have become so exploitive and tabloid, I wonder if I can believe some of their guests. Where do they find these guests, and why do they deserve air time?
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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I'm a sort of nuts-and-bolts guy. I'm into turning wrenches and swinging a hammer and wrenching on cars.
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The climate has been changing since there was a climate.
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I definitely associate music with color. For example, my first record has a red cover but it is totally green and blue to me.
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I do strongly identify with being Jewish. I was raised Orthodox and had a childhood complicated by the fact that my father was deeply religious and my mother was not.
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Retiring was hard. I'd spent 15 years doing something I loved, but when you get older everything seems to go. When I started spending too long with the physio and the doctor, I knew it was time to call it a day. But I had no preparation for being retired and I didn't know what to do.
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Whoever thou art, whatever in other respects thy life may be, my friend, by ceasing to take part (if ordinarily thou doest) in the public worship of God, as it now is (with the claim that it is the Christianity of the New Testament), thou hast constantly one guilt the less, and that a great one: thou dost not take part in treating God as a fool by calling that the Christianity of the New Testament which is not the Christianity of the New Testament.
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People must not do things for fun. We are not here for fun. There is no reference to fun in any Act of Parliament.
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From my perspective, there's no reason to be afraid of aging, because if you age, you're lucky! The alternative is death.
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I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.
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If one has a good disposition, what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame, what is the value of other ornamentation?
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As a songwriter, it's good to have criticism, and I like objective opinions.
