Shawn Achor Quotes
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I hadn't watched any Hitchcock movies when I made 'Tom at the Farm,' except for 'Vertigo' when I was 8 years old. I don't have a sophisticated film knowledge, but I have seen the legacy of classic movies in broader entertainment.
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Movies were a struggle for me - they didn't come easy.
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The right to bear arms is because it's the last form of defense against tyranny.
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Well I look for an accompanist that does his work well, this to begin.
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Everyone comes with dreams and illusions and promises. Everyone wants quick deals. They don't want to invest.
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The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head, Or else he disappears into the silent forest.
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Anyone can look beautiful.
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We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity.
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The beauty of jazz is that it's malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities.
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In the Soviet Union I was the head of all oil production. And you know in the Soviet Union, you didn't get that job unless you were really worth it.
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Fairytales work on two levels. On a conscious level, they are stories of true love and triumph and overcoming difficult odds and so are pleasurable to read. But they work on a deeper and symbolic level in that they play out our universal psychological dramas and hidden desires and fears.
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If I'm dancing, or teaching, or having a family I would want to live life to the fullest as possible.
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I'm not here to win a popularity contest.
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Brains, you see, vary a lot from person to person - they vary as much as faces do.
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One of the misfortunes of our time is that in getting rid of false shame we have killed off so much real shame as well.
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Every young person has to bear the burden - heavier in proportion as the individuality is richer - of accommodating himself to existence now that it is no longer seen with the eyes of a child, the eyes to which everything is as it should be.
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There are lighter colors of granite and I like to break the rules.
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My career keeps shifting; I keep doing the next thing and it keeps growing.
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Now that the day of reckoning has arrived, they cry socialism!
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Music and fashion combined make such a lethal weapon in my opinion.
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If the personal freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution inhibit the government's ability to govern the people, we should look to limit those guarantees.
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A healing journey into the inner conflicts and contradictions that separate spirit from self.
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Happiness is a mindset for your journey, not the result of your destination.
