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I believed that I wanted to be a poet, but deep down I wanted to be a poem. — Jaime Gil De Biedma

Nothing whatsoever is worth the cost of a contracted heart. — Gil Fronsdal

He was a sensitive man and many people had caused him anguish. — Gil Brewer

As for money - when I have it, it's great. When I don't, I go get some. I've been a dishwasher, a gardener, a cleaner. — Gil Scott-Heron

As soon as I put my foot on Indian soil, my painting underwent a change not only in subject and spirit but in technique. — Amrita Sher-Gil

[ on the "tropicalization" of intellectual property laws ] To make the digital world join in the samba ... — Gilberto Gil

I don't mind being criticized. I enjoy being criticized personally, not by rumor. — Gil Scott-Heron

To be 'free' only when things are pleasant is not real freedom. — Gil Fronsdal

Freedom from clinging gives room in our hearts to grow. — Gil Fronsdal

One of the things that kills Buddhist spiritual life is excessive seriousness. — Gil Fronsdal

Gil thought for a few seconds and replied, Yes, love is the answer. — Phil Wohl

He (Gil Hodges) fields better on one leg than anybody else I got on two. — Casey Stengel

As for explaining mathematical phenomena it opens the question: explaining to whom? humans?, other computers? — Gil Kalai

It was exactly an assembly line. You could look into infinity down these rows of drawing tables. — Gil Kane

Gil has put his book down and is gazing at something inside his head. — Meg Rosoff

Then the war became a real problem and along with other shortages, they started to have paper problems. — Gil Kane

Buddhism's cardinal ethical principle is to avoid causing harm. — Gil Fronsdal

DC used to print up all of their pages, they were the only company that did it. — Gil Kane

I must try to remember that Art with Small Boys is best left to professionals, or people with ready access to tranquilizers. — Gil McNeil

Get a better job, Harve. Ask for a raise. Good Lord, we aren't living. We're existing! — Gil Brewer

I was hired as a penciler. — Gil Kane

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I've now returned to the business again because I finally realised that I really enjoy the creative process. — Gil Gerard

I think people connect better with TV. stars over film stars. — Gil Gerard

I don't see any independent position that I'm in; it's rather inter-dependent. — Gil Scott-Heron

Precision is not one of the qualities that comes out in my work. — Gil Kane

Sabi nila, 'When you know what you deserve, you don't look back.' — Nikki Gil

I can only paint in India. Europe belongs to Picasso, Matisse, Braque India belongs only to me. — Amrita Sher-Gil

Better than a thousand meaningless statements Is one meaningful word, Which, having been heard, Brings peace. — Gil Fronsdal

Well, I grew up on the blues, man! — Gil Scott-Heron

Brazil was, is, and will be in fashion. — Gilberto Gil

I cannot afford to watch Fox News. — Gil Scott-Heron

I think we would all agree that people should not be jailed for thoughts. But when, if ever, does a thought cross the line and become a crime? — Gil Valle

All the dreams you show up in are not your own. — Gil Scott-Heron

The book is so rich and yet it is well done. A rare achievement indeed! — Gil Kalai

Schedule? I have no schedule. There is no hurry. I work when I want to. — Gil Scott-Heron

In other words, DC was never harmed by the paper shortages. — Gil Kane

My Japanese isn't much better today, but at least now I appreciate my duality more than when I was a punk kid. — Gil Asakawa

The first revolution is when you change your mind — Gil Scott-Heron

America .. the international Jekyll and Hyde ... the land of a thousand disguises, sneaks up on you but rarely surprises — Gil Scott-Heron

The revolution will be no re-run brothers,
The revolution will be live. — Gil Scott-Heron

He gives me the hairy eyeball, and asks me to help him find his pancreas. — A. Lee Martinez

I see the future of Brazil as the future of the planet. — Gilberto Gil

See before you be. — Solange Gil

You can have a poem like "B-Movie" and sum up thirty conversations that people have had on the subject, but I wrote it down, and other people didn't. — Gil Scott-Heron

Gehrig had one advantage over me. He was a better ballplayer. — Gil Hodges

It indicates where the problem lies for Descartes. It lies in other people. — Paul C. Vitz

Don't demean what I know is one of your favorite body parts. — Gil A. Waters

We should also start taking care of the future, not just the heritage. — Gilberto Gil

Socrates was a philosopher. He went around pointing out errors in the way things were done. They fed him hemlock. — Gil Amelio

If you break a discipline once, the next transgression becomes much easier. — Gil Blake

If you aren't having no fun, die, because you're running a worthless program, far as I'm concerned. — Gil Scott-Heron

By the end of the 50s, everything began to collapse and, little by little, I lost all of my work. I lost Rex, the Wonder Dog and all the westerns. — Gil Kane

home is where the hated is — Gil Scott-Heron

Turn around, turn around, turn around
And you may come full circle
And be new here again — Gil Scott-Heron

Words are important for the mind, but the notes are for the soul. — Gil Scott-Heron

There are only two kinds of managers. Winning managers and ex-managers. — Gil Hodges

Buying a banner, you have no control whether ten different people see your ad once, or one person sees it ten times. — Gil Penchina

Nobody can do everything, but everybody can do something. — Gil Scott-Heron

Hatred never ends through hatred. By non-hate alone does it end. This is an ancient truth. — Gil Fronsdal

I can't very well tell my batters don't hit it to him. Wherever they hit it, he's there anyway. — Gil Hodges

Every show that sells out is like a hero's welcome for me. — Gil Scott-Heron

I was not too smart and constantly mouthed off and didn't know anything. — Gil Kane

If you had a son, it would be a great thing to have him grow up to be just like Gil Hodges. — Pee Wee Reese

Womenfolk raised me, and I was full-grown before I knew I came from a broken home. — Gil Scott-Heron

I am honestly not sure how capable I am of love. And I'm not sure why. — Gil Scott-Heron

That's all I did - that's all I ever did - try to do what Billy Strayhorn did. — Gil Evans

I made the character as much of myself as I could. — Gil Gerard

Our accomplishments show what kind of people we are. — Gil Scott-Heron

Colour is not the issue in America; class is. — Gil Scott-Heron

My songs were always about the tone of voice rather than the words. — Gil Scott-Heron

Along the way, I learned the key to launching a company. It's all about storytelling. — Gil Penchina

It's much easier than I thought it would be."
Most things in knitting are, really. — Gil McNeil

Watts said that real freedom was not freedom of choice but freedom from choice. — Gil Friedman

I wasn't raised to celebrate the misfortune of others. — Nikki Gil

I'm currently raising a 15 year old son and an 18 year old daughter, which a guess is my punishment for a wild youth! — Gil Gerard

It's easy to do what is not good And things that harm oneself. It's very difficult to do Things beneficial and good. — Gil Fronsdal

Your life has to consist of more than 'Black people should unite.' You hope they do, but not twenty-four hours a day. — Gil Scott-Heron

You don't have to be equal, you don't have to be better, you don't have to be worse. You can just be at peace. — Gil Fronsdal

Everything was sensory and I never saw the structure in anything. — Gil Kane

If you want to attain peace, live peacefully — Gil Fronsdal

The revolution that takes place in your head, nobody will ever see that. — Gil Scott-Heron

You have to learn and keep learning. — Gil Scott-Heron

Once you know your deepest wish you can base your life on intention rather than craving — Gil Fronsdal

America has not produced a more salient political musician than Gil Scott-Heron. — Adam Mansbach

Music has the power to make me feel good like nothing else does. It gives me some peace for a while. Takes me back to who I really am. — Gil Scott-Heron

When trying to start a company, your enemy isn't criticism, anger or insults. Your enemy is apathy. — Gil Penchina

You should be able to do anything you can afford as an adult. — Gil Scott-Heron

Greater in combat Than a person who conquers A thousand times a thousand people Is the person who conquers herself. — Gil Fronsdal

I tour more than I need to, more than is good for you. But it's my favorite part of music. I much prefer it to studio work. — Gil Scott-Heron

I hate Earl Grey with a passion. It's like drinking stale perfume... — Gil McNeil

Who are you in the silence between your thoughts? — Gil Fronsdal

A good poet feels what his community feels.
Like if you stub your toe, the rest of your body hurts. — Gil Scott-Heron

I was a piano player before I was a poet. — Gil Scott-Heron

I learnt early on that your audience take the songs in the way they want to rather than the way you might want them too. — Gil Scott-Heron

Freedom from clinging allows us bring love into all aspects of our life. — Gil Fronsdal

I was one of the first three black students to go to an all-white school in Tennessee. — Gil Scott-Heron

It may be crazy, but I'm the closest thing I have to a voice of reason. — Gil Scott-Heron

I think the lack of precision and deep focus is why it took me years to build up my work. — Gil Kane

The Literary and Artistic heritage of humanity should be used for partisan propaganda purposes. — Gil J Wolman