Jimmy John Liautaud Quotes
Could we grow faster? Yes. But I don't want to be the biggest. I want to be the best at what I do.
Quotes to Explore
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When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time.
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Careers don't interest me. The only thing that interests me is continuing to be a poet on one level or another, whether acting or writing or directing.
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I can't tell you how many times I've been writing and then found myself seven clicks deep into a Wikipedia entry that I don't even care about. Self-distraction appears to be my version of sleepwalking.
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I am an ardent supporter of capitalism - but I also understand that while individuals have inalienable, God-given rights, corporations do not.
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Harpo Marx looks like a musical comedy.
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Ten years ago, it was really difficult for a young actress to walk onto a set and disagree with the director and having that be OK and have a conversation about it and everyone be cool with it.
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I always said I wanted an Olympic medal. It's the pinnacle of any athlete's career.
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I have been called 'The American De Maupassant.' Well, I never wrote a filthy word in my life, and I don't like to be compared to a filthy writer.
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Design is a tool that either allows us to create new markets or disrupt existing ones.
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When the impulses which stir us to profound emotion are integrated with the medium of expression, every interview of the soul may become art. This is contingent upon mastery of the medium.
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I always said that if I could just find a guy who could chop wood and had a nice smile, it wouldn't bother me if he was a thug or an aristocrat, as long as he was a good guy. And I've ended up with an educated thug.
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I got stuff that's going to hurt for the rest of my life.
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It is living, not thinking, as a feminist that has become the challenge.
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I was born behind the Iron Curtain, and I remember heated discussions about large-scale terra-forming projects, such as reversing the direction of the river Ob or putting up large reflectors into space to heat up Siberia.
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If youre in an awkward position, feel comfortable enough to walk away.
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I'm intimidated by the fear of being average.
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I love my right-wing friends, my practical friends, my bleeding heart friends - without all of these viewpoints, life would be pretty boring.
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The process of being a writer is much more interior than being a scientist, because science is so reactionary.
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Hassan slumps to the asphalt, his life of unrequited loyalty drifting from him like the windblown kites he used to chase.
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Drugs are a bet with your mind.
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Madison Avenue is afraid of the dark.
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I try not to question the good things.
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Could we grow faster? Yes. But I don't want to be the biggest. I want to be the best at what I do.
