John Gourley Quotes
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Always render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be.
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So, deadpan I think just means not acknowledging for one second that you think that this is funny and clever.
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I was not getting work, even after auditioning for films. So I started working in a studio as a photographer; I assisted a cinematographer for two ads. I was thinking that I will get into photography or cinematography or assist someone. But then the 'Dangal' offer came, and I was busy with the auditions.
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Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier.
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My dream was to play in good films, no matter in what country. I always waited for a decent script, and nothing has changed. I'm just sure that nothing in life is random, and I believe in the fate which guides you. Probably my starring in 'A Good Day to Die Hard' is good proof of that.
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I made myself famous by writing 'songs' and lyrics about the beauty of the things I did and ugliness, too.
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What I do miss that I don't get anymore? You're going to think I'm crazy, but you want the truth, so here it is. The lights! I miss the spotlights. I don't mean it figuratively. I mean it literally. I love the feeling of lights.
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It's great to be able to continue my career in Chicago. Playing with the best organization in sports and the best fans in the game is a blessing.
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Love shouldn't play by the rules. It's all about chemistry.
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Saudi Arabia is one of India's most valued strategic partners.
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I am overwhelmed with gratitude, and my heart is full. 'American Sniper' has broken records, which follows such an honest path of Chris's life.
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'The Sisters Brothers' has endeared so many prize juries because the Western format has more of a broad appeal and is familiar to readers.
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I have great editors, and I always have. Somehow, great editors ask the right questions or pose things to you that get you to write better. It's a dance between you, your characters, and your editor.
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Winning my first UFC fight by a finish, I've never felt so accomplished in my life.
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I am an atheist, and if an atheist and a pope think the same things, there must be something true. It's that simple!
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We are human, and nothing is more interesting to us than humanity.
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Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.
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It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.
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I've been a grant seeker all my life, but when I apply for one and get it, that means someone else doesn't. I didn't want to be a part of that anymore. I wanted to contribute to that pool and make it bigger.
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To be a poet is as serious, long-term and natural as the effort to be the best human you can be. To express something well is not a question of having a top-class education and understanding poetic forms: rather, it's a question of paying attention.
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I've been lucky in the sense that I haven't become famous.
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What is more important? What the members of a politicised tribunal say, or what the citizens vote for? For me, it is clear.
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When my father would come home from his work at the Senate and talk about the things he could talk about - because a lot of his work was top secret - he would always tell me these stories and laugh. As deadly serious as his work was, he would laugh at the absurdity of it all.
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You can never really know what a record's going to be.
