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My own ambition in the ring had always been skillful boxing, speed and defense - on the order of Mike Gibbons.


Gene Tunney

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GENE SIMMONS We had been working. We had a bunch of songs written and it came time to make the record, so we had ...
GENE WEEN Her books were put down by most critics but readers would not put down her books.
GENE SHALIT I dig the fair atmosphere. Give me a sausage with onions! I really dig the fair. It's great.
GENE JOHNSON There is no question in the world that educating a girl is good for her country and good for her. Th...
GENE SPERLING I think there's a terrible price to be paid when your exterior life is not an honest reflection ...
GENE ROBINSON Frankly, whatever assistance people get from FEMA will not have a lot of extras built into it, so th...
GENE GREEN I've worked with Fred Upton, and I think we've got a lot of common agreement on energy produ...
GENE GREEN No. Better research needed. Fire your research person. No fishnet stockings. Never. Not in this band...
GENE SIMMONS Fiscally, I'm very conservative. I don't believe in welfare states. I believe in giving peop...
GENE SIMMONS Kiss is a Fourth of July fireworks show with a backbeat.
GENE SIMMONS One of the things we have to remember about the poorest countries in the world is that parents, extr...
GENE SPERLING He clearly still harbors a very personal grudge from the December negotiations. And that doesn't aug...
GENE RUSSIANOFF If you look at yourself as a star, you've already lost something in the portrayal of any human being
GENE HACKMAN Scarecrow
GENE HACKMAN [Asked what changed in the tide to allow them to be stars, Hoffman laughs and replies,] A decline in...
GENE HACKMAN You have a powerful weapon working for you. For you there is no tomorrow and that makes you all very...
GENE HACKMAN I was trained to be an actor, not a star. I was trained to play roles, not to deal with fame and age...
GENE HACKMAN James Bond has a license to kill, rockstars have a license to be outrageous. Rock is about grabbing ...
GENE SIMMONS Jealousy is, I think, the worst of all faults because it makes a victim of both parties.
GENE TIERNEY In later years, I craved foods that were almost always fattening.
GENE TIERNEY Cars, furs, and gems were not my weaknesses.
GENE TIERNEY Men are not against you; they are merely for themselves
GENE FOWLER It is easier to believe than to doubt.
GENE FOWLER Whatever one believes to be true either is true or becomes true in one's mind.
GENE FOWLER