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Danny Gokey Quotes

I had underwear thrown on stage that said 'Gokey' on the back... all glittery! It was grandma-underwear, too.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: April 24, 1980

Topics

Back Said Stage Underwear Thrown

In 1964, I tried to convince my grandfather, who was active in the New York City firefighters union, to vote for Barry Goldwater over Lyndon Johnson because at the time I thought his approach to limited government was right on.

Time Government New York City New

It is always exciting to receive the scripts before we start on a new series.

Start New Always Exciting Before

Whoever my films are about, they'll hopefully still have my sensibility, whatever that is.

Whatever Still About Sensibility

I'm very domestic; I love cleaning. I love cooking. I like waiting on people. I just like to make things. I don't break that down to be weakness, or the only things women can do, or putting me back 20 years.

Love Women Cooking Waiting People

My mother worked for a woman, Maria Ley-Piscator, who with her husband founded the Dramatic Workshop, which was connected to the New School. My mother did proofreading and typing and stuff or her, and as part of her payment, I was able to take acting classes there on Saturdays when I was 10.

Mother Woman School Husband Acting

The theatre community is so powerful.

Community Theatre Powerful

I didn't sleep much in the summer of '98. Was getting ready to move to New York City. Start a band. That was a madman's summer. A summer of change.

Change Sleep New York City Start

We know that segregation is evil. We know that the sickest children should not go to the worst hospitals. No, I refuse to pretend the problem is insufficient knowledge. We lack the theological will to do it.

Knowledge Children Evil Problem Know

Institutions are imperfect. Governments surely are. People are.

People Imperfect Institutions Surely

'Law & Order' is a six-month shoot. Everything has to be crammed in. I had so much fun, but it wasn't a holiday. We had seriously long days, and we'd finish at 8 P.M. and start again at 7 A.M. We were doing six-day weeks, which sometimes tripped onto the seventh. But I loved it all.

Fun Law Start Loved Doing Holiday

Like most people, I was not able to start selling my stories right away. So I had many other jobs along the way to becoming a writer, including toy maker, gravedigger, cookware salesman, and assembly line worker. Eventually, I became an elementary teacher and worked with second and fourth graders.

Teacher People Start Selling Way

A finished product is one that has already seen its better days.

Better Product Days Seen Finished

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