Philipp Meyer Quotes
My ideal is to write most of the day, then go running, find friends and socialise all evening; my mind recharges with human contact.
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To my mind, there is no doubt that this Gandhi age is the dark age of India. It is an age in which people, instead of looking for their ideals in the future, are returning to antiquity.
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In my mind, every single female character I've written is plus-size.
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I don't believe in a lot of schmoozing and buttering up. Not that you don't become friends in work. But I think it's a misconception that you have to do a lot of hanging before you work.
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Mike Campbell and Don Henley and I wrote 'The Heart of the Matter,' which was a huge hit for Don.
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If there is anything that keeps the mind open to angel visits, and repels the ministry of ill, it is human love.
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Fencing is a game of living chess, a match where reflexes only work in combination with intent, and mind and body must work together at every moment.
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I don't put a ton of time into my on-stage style, largely because I'm dumb about clothes. But I have friends who are very smart about clothes, and they teach me things. For the show, I'm mainly concerned with feeling comfortable, being able to jump around and get wild.
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Writing is a creative process, and you need to have the doors and windows of your mind open so that you have the possibility of change.
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You walk into the class in second grade. You can't read. What are you going to do if you're going to make it? You identify the smart kid. You make friends with him. You sit next to him. You grow a team around you. You delegate your work to others. You learn how to talk your way out of a tight spot.
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You know, my friends, with what a brave carouse I made a Second Marriage in my house; favored old barren reason from my bed, and took the daughter of the vine to spouse.
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Yeah, if someone's selling downloads and collecting money for our songs I would be unhappy about that but if they're trading it I don't mind, obviously if I make a thousand records or CDs or whatever, I like to sell a thousand.
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Men are very competent in their workplace - and this is going to sound sexist - women are better at running households and juggling lots of things, kids and scheduling and that kind of thing.
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Without a functioning hippocampus, names, dates, and other information falls straight through the mind like a sieve.
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Running in Central Park is my favorite thing to wake up and do. I have my own specific path that I have to run every single time. There's a little bit of OCD involved, but I love it.
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A lot of my friends are in Australia, and it's definitely nice to get back there.
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I've heard a number of our alumni - people who are running schools and school systems - think a lot about different models for the teaching profession.
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It doesn't take that many years for a kid to realise that they're going to die. It's always there in the back of their mind the rest of their lives.
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For your friends and family, you are always a champion, but for the media and sponsors, not until you show a spark. Making a champ is more important than celebrating one. I want to be there for youngsters and help them do their best.
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I'm a big hit at parties. Friends ask me to sing B-I-N-G-O all the time. I'm thinking, you know, of maybe putting out a Christmas album or something.
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People aren't grapes - you can't weigh them in a bunch, but I guess it's easier than dealing with people as individuals.
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As I've gotten older, I've found that I'm not afraid anymore to throw my influences into making a record.
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Bruce Sterling is one terrific writer and he's relatively new, but I don't know how long he's been doing it; he probably doesn't need the publicity anymore!
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My ideal is to write most of the day, then go running, find friends and socialise all evening; my mind recharges with human contact.
