Christopher Voss Quotes
The moment you've convinced someone that you truly understand her dreams and feelings, mental and behavioral change becomes possible, and the foundation for a breakthrough has been laid.
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Nashville is one of the greatest places for the best songwriters in the world. It's been fantastic to live there and to raise our family there. It's a great town.
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I really enjoy dancing. When there's music around, I can't help it; I start dancing, especially when I'm with friends.
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After spending 22 years in Ohio, I love everything about New York.
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No critic writing about a film could say more than the film itself, although they do their best to make us think the oppposite.
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I know I could be the host of 'SportsCenter' in two years if I changed my show today to sports.
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I have never heard anything about the resolutions of the apostles, but a good deal about their acts.
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I wake up early in the morning and walk for an hour. If I have something to write, I prefer to write in the morning until midday, and in the afternoon, I eat.
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The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.
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Despotism is a long crime.
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A lot of American playwrights seem to have a career as a playwright. I don't consider it a career at all.
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I don't remake any movie, whether old or of other language.
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What crime writers are doing connects deeper into a cultural hunger. Crime is important. When you open up a book that has a body that's dead, that matters. It matters more than a certain level of suburban angst; it really does.
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I find the term 'workaholic' to be distasteful because it reminds me of the harried-looking lawyers I recall chained to their desks through nights and weekends during my lawyer days years ago.
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When the government takes more money out of the pockets of middle class Americans, entrepreneurs, and businesses, it lessens the available cash flow for people to spend on goods and services, less money to start businesses, and less money for businesses to expand - i.e. creating new jobs and hiring people.
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I'm so tired of men who are afraid to hurt women's feelings.
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Climate change is a global problem. The planet is warming because of the growing level of greenhouse gas emissions from human activity. If this trend continues, truly catastrophic consequences are likely to ensue from rising sea levels, to reduced water availability, to more heat waves and fires.
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My work is really abject and self-effacing sometimes. I mean, it's big and overwrought, but it's just paper dolls, and it's kind of silly.
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I don't try to lose weight. I don't try to do nothing. I just try to put in my work, feel better, the things that I can do in the field to be better are better, so that's what I do.
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What most of us present to the world isn’t necessarily our true self: It’s a combination of years of bad habits and fear-based behavior. Our real self lies buried underneath all the insecurities and inhibitions. So rather than just being yourself, focus on discovering and permanently bringing to the surface your best self.
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In any project the important factor is your belief. Without belief, there can be no successful outcome.
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The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous; it is indissolubly connected with the fate of men.
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I wouldn't have met my wife (Rose Lane) if it wasn't for him. He gave my daughter Amy a job in the '90s. He touched me personally. He had boundless energy and a deep, deep passion for music.
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The moment you've convinced someone that you truly understand her dreams and feelings, mental and behavioral change becomes possible, and the foundation for a breakthrough has been laid.
