David Jeremiah Quotes
Live as a credible witness. If our actions don't line up with the message we're proclaiming, we risk losing our credibility.
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I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.
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Ideas emerge when a part of the real or imagined world is studied for its own sake.
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I don't care about how much other actors get.
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I think what's important in a good manager and a good agent is that they know your vision and that they are passionate about you and believe in you. Because if they don't, then they're not going to work hard for you, and they're going to send you out on things that you don't want to do.
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One of our first jobs was at Saba Software. We were helping them build their products for the cloud. We wanted to build our own product and move away from consulting. We were looking for a change. The CEO of Saba introduced me to Marc Benioff.
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I don't like baseball movies. I like movies about moral courage and people who are indomitable and courageous and right.
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The Taliban is the Muslim version of the Salem witch trials.
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Not everyone can be successful selling fashion at $25,000 for a wedding outfit. Certain designers are able to do that. And there is only a certain amount of consumers who can do that. The real opportunity is in that $25 garment.
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Desire then is the invasion of the whole self by the wish, which, as it invades, sets going more and more of the psychical processes; but at the same time, so long as it remains desire, does not succeed in getting possession of the self.
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I think I'm the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ - I'm pretty annoying, but driven.
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I was pretty taken with Patti Smith, she was my heroine.
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For some reason, I spent my early thirties reading as much postwar Hungarian fiction as I could get my hands on.
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I've had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I've always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories.
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Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best.
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There is no birth of consciousness without pain.
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At the risk of sounding like Virginia Woolf, I could live on £700 a year.
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Michael Jackson, he used to chase relevancy all the time. He always wanted to go a little bigger and better and keep that audience. There was never a point where Michael was going to feel like, 'I've got to play the Nokia, and that's all I'm going to pull in is the Nokia.' That would not have been acceptable.
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We run to win, not just to be in the race.
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Every song I write is autobiographical and is about people, and that's one of the things that gets complicated. You have to decide where's your place as a songwriter.
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You don't sell as many records as you used to because of illegal downloads, but I think there are other ways you can make money through your music. Whether it's through merchandise or teaming up with other companies or brands or whatever, there are ways.
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I created Evel Knievel, and then he sort of got away from me.
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In my experience, great reviews almost always ensure no sales.
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In 1984, I starred in 'Greystoke: The Legend Of Tarzan,' my first movie. My lines ended up being dubbed by Glenn Close, supposedly because my accent was 'too southern'. It was completely humiliating at the time. I became a laughing stock. I'm amazed that I managed to pick myself up and dust myself off.
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Live as a credible witness. If our actions don't line up with the message we're proclaiming, we risk losing our credibility.
