John Gourley Quotes

When I was in high school and first starting to drive by myself, I listened to Wu Tang in the car, and I recognized their soul and R&B roots.

John Gourley Portugal. The Man

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• When I was, like, 16, I went in to the head of Disney, and I hadn't taken acting class really at all, and I didn't know what I was doing, and it was really embarrassing. Of course, you think Disney wants over-the-top and funny, and I was just trying to be over-the-top and funny, and it just wasn't working, and that was the worst.

  

  Taylour Paige
  • Trying
  • Funny
  • Taken

• God gets you to the plate, but once your there your on your own.

  

  Ted Williams
  • God
  • You
  • Own

• We may stumble and fall but shall rise again; it should be enough if we did not run away from the battle.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • May
  • Fall
  • Battle

• People think because I've got some success, I've made it, but in my eyes it's like, 'How long has Jay Z been in the business? How many albums has he got?' Not that I'm trying to be Jay Z, but I am trying to be around for a long time.

  

  J. Cole
  • People
  • Time
  • Long

• Relinquishing apparent national sovereignty does not have to entail a loss of national sovereignty, but can actually be a benefit.

  

  Ulrich Beck
  • Loss
  • Benefit
  • Sovereignty

• Sometimes it was difficult to make friends and be social in school because I was always practicing while other kids were getting together and doing things. But it just made me closer to my family, and I realized that they would always be there no matter what.

  

  Nancy Kerrigan
  • Family
  • School
  • Kids

• No one ever became, or can become truly eloquent without being a reader of the Bible, and an admirer of the purity and sublimity of its language.

  

  Fisher Ames
  • Language
  • Bible
  • Without

• How are we to live with the desert, in the desert, within the desert?

  

  Magnus Larsson
  • Live
  • Desert
  • Within

• Earl Nightingale has inspired more people toward success and fortune than any other motivational speaker on the planet.

  

  Zig Ziglar
  • People
  • Success
  • Inspired

• To dissociate politicians from capitalists is slightly disingenuous, to put it mildly. U.S. lawmakers are competitive and auction themselves to the highest bidder via the lobby system.

  

  Tariq Ali
  • Politicians
  • Themselves

• You don't have to feel confident to act confident. In fact, it's the most important acting job you can learn.

  

  Gail Sheehy
  • Important
  • Job
  • Learn

• Rather than waiting to restore fiscal responsibility after we pass legislation, we must work to ensure we remain committed to it as we draft legislation.

  

  Gary Miller Bad Brains
  • Work
  • Responsibility
  • Waiting

• I have a knack for choosing the wrong people.

  

  Kangana Ranaut
  • People
  • Wrong
  • Choosing

• I was playing little league baseball when Bruce Jenner was winning the gold, but I don't think I was really paying attention at that time. It wasn't until 1980 - I think I was 12 years old - that I thought, 'Wow that's what I want to do. I want to be on the Olympic team.'

  

  Dan O'Brien
  • Time
  • Team
  • Attention

• If the U.N. didn't exist, we'd be inventing it right now.

  

  Sam Farr
  • Right
  • Now
  • Exist

• The smoothest curled courtier in the boudoirs of a palace has an animal nature, rude and aboriginal as a white bear.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Nature
  • Animal
  • Rude

• When I started acting, I was told over and over again, 'You're no good.' But I said to myself, 'You've got to keep it up.'

  

  Salma Hayek
  • Up
  • Good
  • Myself

• I would strongly recommend any young man to stay away from criminal law. It's not a good place to be, unfortunately.

  

  F. Lee Bailey
  • Good
  • Man
  • Law

• I read all the time. I love it. My fantasy would be to be locked into a library. I'd be very, very happy.

  

  Pink
  • Time
  • Happy
  • Library

• I tried piano, acting, and a bunch of things. My family let me do what I wanted to do; they made sure I had balance in my life because I was self-driven. Listen to your kid, encourage them, and make it fun.

  

  Summer Sanders
  • Life
  • Family
  • Fun

• I thought acting was all about natural instinct but I've realised, through working with so many talented actors on 'Wild Swans' and 'Run,' that I can see the training. That's why I am back at drama school.

  

  Katie Leung
  • School
  • Why
  • Training

• For live you need a microphone for the snare and the high hat, the kick drum, a nice stereo overhead and one for the toms - you can get away with using four mikes.

  

  Chad Smith Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • Live
  • High
  • Nice

• There are people in the public sector with a range of experiences that have no equivalent in business, but are essential to governing, like keeping a kid in school or helping someone get and hold a job. The value of those skills can't easily be measured against a bottom line.

  

  Dee Dee Myers
  • People
  • School
  • Business

• When I was in high school and first starting to drive by myself, I listened to Wu Tang in the car, and I recognized their soul and R&B roots.

  

  John Gourley Portugal. The Man
  • School
  • High
  • Soul