Seth Godin Quotes
If you are afraid to write or edit or assemble or disassemble, you are merely a spectator. And you are trapped, trapped by the instructions of those you've chosen to follow. Twenty people in the field and eighty thousand in the stands. The spectators are the ones who paid to watch, but it's the player on the field who are truly alive.
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We are all focused each and every day on doing our jobs, chief executive of our states, until the very last hour that we are in office, and certainly the president is as well.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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I haven't done as many films as I would have liked.
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The whole fame question is one that is constantly intriguing to me. I think that fame is something that other people create about you. Whether you jump into that or not is up to you – and whether you have the talents for jumping into it or not.
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In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.
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I don't think I could ever give up music. It's what makes me tick. If there was no music, there would be no writing.
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People come over, and we watch things like 'The Paul Lynde Halloween Special.' I have a hot tub. Everybody puts on a bathing suit and we splash around.
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Like every actress, I, too, had movies that got stuck, but I have learnt to always look at the best in every situation and to give my best to every situation.
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I always knew I'd go back to school. Modeling was a means to an end, making money for graduate school.
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You never find virtuosity for its own sake.
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There have been more books alone written about Hamlet than have been written about the Bible.
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And it has some weight, I mean, the whole history of the gargoyles, that's some wonderful stuff.
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A sad fact of life lately at the Museum of Modern Art is that when it comes to group shows of contemporary painting from the collection, the bar has been set pretty low.
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I believe we've spent many years trying to bring about talks which have all the Parties in Northern Ireland involved so that there'd be inclusive talks.
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I live a quiet daytime life. I walk everywhere. I lie down. I wash socks. I fry an egg.
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When you see grown men near to tears because they've missed hitting a little white ball into a hole from three feet, it makes you laugh.
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I don't like war. I particularly don't like the celebration of war, which I think the administration is a little bit guilty of.
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If you feel like the beginning of your history is rooted in slavery, that really, I think, messes with your sense of self, your self-esteem, and your self-worth.
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I'm not a pop singer; I'm not a jazz singer. And I know I sing like not a whole lot of people do; I also know that a lot of other people act like I do. And better than I do. But what informs the singing is the acting. They're not separate from each other.
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I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
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I think the world needs to see more of my face.
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It seems to me there is a change in what audiences want to see. I can only hope that's correct, because there's an awful lot of people of my age around now and we outnumber the others.
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I get people today who say, 'I first heard about you through the Stevie Wonder commercial.' The power of advertising in that way is incredible.
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If you are afraid to write or edit or assemble or disassemble, you are merely a spectator. And you are trapped, trapped by the instructions of those you've chosen to follow. Twenty people in the field and eighty thousand in the stands. The spectators are the ones who paid to watch, but it's the player on the field who are truly alive.
