Sheila Heti Quotes
Literature and art are one of a number of relationships I have with the world. Like you have relationships with your friends and a relationship with your lover and your relationship with your family and your relationship with your work - sometimes it's really great; sometimes it's non-existent, sometimes it's fruitful.
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I never sell a book. I sell myself. And the way to sell yourself is to be an instrument of love.
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Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as it were, a trifle sharp to allow for an inevitable fall in playing.
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I mean, I was always interested in people like Lenny Bruce, people who are breaking the old rules and making new ones.
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Years ago, I noticed one thing about economics, and that is that economists didn't get anything right.
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I'm not a quitter. All my career, I went through a lot of physical adversity, injuries. It's in my nature to be a battler.
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If I buy a game on Steam and I'm running it on Windows, I can go to one of the Steam machines and already have the game. So you benefit as a developer; you benefit as a consumer in having the PC experience extended in the living room.
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Some musicians I know are incredible fathers. Like Keith Richards. A fantastic dad.
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Know your priorities and identify the five powerful action steps that you intend to take to move your initiatives forward each day. If you go to a tree with an ax and take five whacks at the tree every day, it doesn't matter if it's an oak or a redwood; eventually, the tree has to fall down.
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In the Depression we had to divert corn acreage.
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The mode by which the inevitable is reached is effort.
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I am an artist who works with Lego.
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My kids have played sports all their life, and one thing I've tried to teach them when you lose, you try to be a gentleman about it.
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I love getting people's opinion of what I'm doing.
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I had so much fun doing Django, and I love westerns so much that after I taught myself how to make one, it's like, 'OK, now let me make another one now that I know what I'm doing.'
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It never gets old. Working with somebody like Kevin Hart is rejuvenating in a lot of ways. He's such a pro. He's so good.
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Everything I learned about the Great Depression was from a college textbook.
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My background is in theoretical physics, and it's something very close to my heart.
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Everyone knows the U.S. economy shouldn't be so reliant on consumption. More investments should be made.
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Getting a degree, being on Sesame Street... those were like real accomplishments to me.
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Sometimes if you've got a story that's interesting enough, you don't need to pour sugar on ice cream. The ice cream is great.
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Mi cuerpo me separa de todo ser y de toda cosa. Nada más que mi cuerpo.
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As president, Barack Obama has the potential to finally bring our country together to meet the enormous challenges ahead. This includes restoring economic prosperity, moving toward energy independence, delivering affordable health care for all, and implementing a responsible, effective foreign policy.
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Literature and art are one of a number of relationships I have with the world. Like you have relationships with your friends and a relationship with your lover and your relationship with your family and your relationship with your work - sometimes it's really great; sometimes it's non-existent, sometimes it's fruitful.
