Veronica Roth Quotes
As a teenager, I put a lot of pressure on myself, and a lot of that, for me, was about finding a moral high ground. As I've grown up, I've decided to abandon that because it made me judgmental and also stressed me out.
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There is nothing out there that I have a grudge against or I have a problem with.
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I was able to really see that connection as a football player where success requires a lot of hard work and effort, physically and mentally.
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I was making comebacks every single year. That makes it difficult mentally. It causes a lot of stress.
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Spare no expense to save money on this one.
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Writing is challenging work because it's so easy to get consumed with how it's going, what's going to happen to it, who's going to like or not like it. You want to get all of that stuff out of your head and just let the work flow.
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I'm not a control freak.
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I wouldn't ever do a radio edit because I feel like it would totally go against the point of 'Follow Your Arrow.' I just think you're going to like it or not like it.
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But I think my mistakes became the chemistry for my miracles. I think that my tests became my testimonies.
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It really is no different in the way that we make records and shoot music videos. I don't think of the movie as being a great leap out of my current profession.
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Lester is the Rock of Gibraltar. Nothing can rattle him. I am not. I was always flying off the handle about things. And the one person who could calm me down and make me realize that none of this silliness mattered was Lester Holt.
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Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men.
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I have had wrinkles on my forehead and my smile line since I was a kid. I see them in my own kids. I know what they're going to look like. So it's kind of like that's my personality. I feel the older you get, too, the more confident you become just in your own skin.
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I don't run after successful directors. I give importance to the content of the film.
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Love is the one wild card.
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I started making music with my band in the '80s, so I am more product of post punk than classical music, and I have always carried on this way.
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It was luxuries like air conditioning that brought down the Roman Empire. With air conditioning their windows were shut, they couldn't hear the barbarians coming.
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I had a Ford F-250. It was a big ol' farm truck, but it wasn't a rig. That's about the biggest I've ever driven. That's what I drove back and forth to high school. I was a poor guy, and it was a truck that my uncle owned and let me drive because I had no money.
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My slogan is I'm the least qualified guy for the job, but I'd probably do the best job.
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The logical thing is to implement the Arab Defense Agreement.
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In terms of my free time, I really don't have much. The time I do have, I enjoy being domestic and spending time with my girlfriend, hiking and playing tennis.
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The majority of people know me as a dancer, but they don't also know that I'm a director, a songwriter and a producer.
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Being the leader of a division is a pressure, but it's one that I feel I am ready for.
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Go back to what's good, what's certain, what's always there. You woke up today. Just start walking.
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As a teenager, I put a lot of pressure on myself, and a lot of that, for me, was about finding a moral high ground. As I've grown up, I've decided to abandon that because it made me judgmental and also stressed me out.
