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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We can fight the War on Terrorism in other places around the world or we can fight it here in America. The right choice is to fight those terrorists where they are.
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I'm not here to win a popularity contest.
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I always compare human beings to animals. It's a nice way to figure out who they are.
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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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It is a part of the poet's work to show each man what he sees but does not know he sees.
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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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Einstein's results again turned the tables and now very few philosophers or scientists still think that scientific knowledge is, or can be, proven knowledge.
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Whenever I've encountered a Christian saying, 'Why don't you stop talking like that so I can hear you?' I think, 'Well you're the one putting the earmuffs on, but I wish you could hear me because I like you.'
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I'd rather learn how to prevent failure than how to gain success, because for what is success other than a state of mind?
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I don't think that I've ever really been interested in many other things aside from music and making art in general.
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Happiness is a mindset for your journey, not the result of your destination.
