Eric Van Lustbader Quotes
Laughing at what you didn't have and never would was better than letting it depress you.

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I like visualizing a lot, so the night before a competition and right before, I will visualize myself. I'll close my eyes, turn away from everybody, and just see myself doing exactly what I want to accomplish.
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I think God has a sense of humor, and the way my lessons come from God is very funny. I have to laugh at myself even if it's a tough lesson.
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It's with a heavy heart that I have decided that I can't relocate. I have two babies under 4. Being a mother and wife comes first, and I just cannot uproot my children and separate the family by moving away. I will miss this job desperately and wish everyone the absolute best.
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Well, you know, I look at myself in the morning and yes, yeah I-I am a God.
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I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed.
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Writing is like giving birth to a piano sideways. Anyone who perseveres is either talented or nuts.
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Activity is not output.
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Courage is feeling the fear and doing it anyway.
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Childhood in large parts of modern Britain, at any rate, has been replaced by premature adulthood, or rather adolescence
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In a slow-growing world that is short on aggregate demand, Germany's trade surplus is a problem.
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However I am looking forward to the two new Grands Prixs both Shanghai and Laguna Seca are fantastic tracks and it will be good to race at them.
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President Bush said he didn't want to renew the Assault Weapons Ban because it might 'infringe on hunters' rights'. Who needs an AK-47 machine gun to go hunting? Let me tell you guys something... If it takes you 500 rounds to bring down a deer, I don't want you going to the bathroom in MY house!
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I do not know is a phrase which becomes us.
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The ego-shell in which we live is the hardest thing to outgrow.
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Sports have always been a huge part of my life and my conversations. It is a thrill and an honor to be a part of this ground-breaking show. I am a competitor at heart, but a true sports fan to my core.
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Why are people getting on elevators shocked to find people getting off elevators?
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I want a soul mate who can sit me down, shut me up, tell me ten things I don’t already know, and make me laugh. I don’t care what you look like, just turn me on. And if you can do that, I will follow you on bloody stumps through the snow. I will nibble your mukluks with my own teeth. I will do your windows. I will care about your feelings. Just have something in there.
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I hear actresses talking about this all the time - this idea that you sit in meetings and the studio says, "Well, you can't do that because the audience won't like that. They won't root for you. It's not sympathetic." I think that we've been served this one dish for so long that we believe that it's all that audiences want, but when we test them or throw something out there that has some truth to it, they seem to always respond.