Gary Rossington Quotes
Our parents helped us, or we wouldn't be here. Lacy Van Zant and my mother used to sign for amps or loan us money to get to the gig or take us in their car. It's just like little sports guys - Little League and football players - whose parents help them. That's why they get good.
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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I'm not a fan of any genre but am a fan of movies that are intelligent and/or funny. That goes across all genres: a horror movie, a zombie movie, alien invaders, chick flick, or raunchy comedy. If it's well done, I'm a fan.
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My parents were self-made people, and they were a team.
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I try to do two moot courts for every Supreme Court case (and one to two for courts of appeals), and to ensure I am being mooted by people who know the Supreme Court well and are coming to the case fresh.
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Because I travel so much, I bring my workout clothes and shoes wherever I go. That way I can always do some exercise.
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But I used to have a bit of a gambling problem. And that would have been the answer to my prayers. It got worse when I started playing this character, too.
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I'm involved in some action scenes, so they'll train me for that. I'll be working with my acting coach to prepare for my character.
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You have to struggle to stay alive and be of use as long as you can.
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People have given me the freedom and believe in me enough to say if I want to do these things that I will find a way to make it work. I don't know if they think I'm crazy, drug damaged or just an old weirdo.
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I've always been attracted to action stuff.
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No doubt I enjoy being close to people in the way I dress, the way I speak, and the way I communicate with people.
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There is no bigger aphrodisiac than power.
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One of my earliest memories is walking up a muddy road into the mountains. It was raining. Behind me, my village was burning. When there was school, it was under a tree. Then the United Nations came. They fed me, my family, my community.
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The way to really scale a venture firm is with software.
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Collectivism and freedom are mortal enemies. Only one will survive.
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I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young.
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A fallen lighthouse is more dangerous than a reef.
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When I was in college, I had only one ambition that one day I would like to be a director.
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Acting is playing - it's actually going out on a playground with the other kids and being in the game, and I need that. Writing satisfies that part of myself that longs to sit in my room and dream.
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We know from our own history that democratic institutions take decades to mature, and we know from past conflicts that freedom is not free.
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We either live with intention or exist by default.
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Nationality is a very curious thing. The blood is Scots and the temperament is Scots, but I am, in fact, 100% American.
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President Bush threw out the first pitch Monday at Cincinnati's great American ball park. 18 Iraqis were killed.
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Our parents helped us, or we wouldn't be here. Lacy Van Zant and my mother used to sign for amps or loan us money to get to the gig or take us in their car. It's just like little sports guys - Little League and football players - whose parents help them. That's why they get good.
