John Gourley Quotes
As a songwriter, it's good to have criticism, and I like objective opinions.

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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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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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Photography is a small voice, at best, but sometimes one photograph, or a group of them, can lure our sense of awareness.
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Travel is stressful.
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While I put forth the suntan and the teeth and the cavalier attitude, I've survived under the worst of eras and times, and I've always had a good time doing it, because I never really took myself seriously, nor did I take life seriously because it is already terribly serious.
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We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.
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When I go to M Bar there's all kinds of agents there, looking for people who doing good stuff.
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Learn to control ego. Humans hold their dogmas and biases too tightly, and we only think that our opponents are dogmatic! But we all need criticism. Criticism is the only known antidote to error.
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As a songwriter, it's good to have criticism, and I like objective opinions.