Steven Pressfield Quotes
We will have to choose between the life we want for our future and the life we have left behind.
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The trouble is that, while my parents were great when they were apart, they were terrible together.
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My hat's off to Shonda Rhimes.
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I was in love with the British 'The Office', so even though I love Steve Carell, when they were going to remake it, I was like, 'This is not going to work. I'm going to completely veto this show. I am not going to watch this show.' But now, I love it.
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One can not impede scientific progress.
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I've always loved both writing and songwriting. The journey is fascinating to me.
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I'm really silly. That's the thing that people don't get.
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I think it's difficult to do fashion for men, because either you become very over-homosexual fashion or very boring fashion. You don't want a boy who looks 15 in a little pair of shorts with some strange art... But to see just a jacket and tie is boring.
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When I first read 'The River,' I had theories on what it was about, but once we got into rehearsal, I realized it's much simpler: It's about how human beings try to connect. The play holds a mirror up to the audience, and they take from it what's relevant to their lives.
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My films have been progressing towards a certain kind of minimalism, even though it was never intended. Elements which can be eliminated have been eliminated.
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I heard the new film, 'Tangerine,' was filmed entirely on iPhones. No cameras were involved!
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I'd like to be curvier.
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Find joy and solace in the simple, and cultivate your utopia by feeling the Tao in every cubic inch of space.
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My goals were last year to win the world champs and this year to win the Olympic Games and I've done that and I couldn't be happier.
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People don't hear me talk. They don't expect me to.
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I'm just not very funny.
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A lot of times, people are ashamed of feeling weak and being rejected - so it's liberating to be able to sing about those things. And it's amazing when other people don't feel alone because they hear it.
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Now we're here in 2009. My boys are 16 and 18, one's going to USC film school, and the other seems to be a natural comedian. So now I have to go back into show business as a senior comedian. So I hope to get Walter Brennan-type roles, Gabby Hayes kind of stuff, be the old-timer. We'll see what happens.
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I'm not going to raise the debt ceiling.
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I arise full of eagerness and energy, knowing well what achievement lies ahead of me.
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When I was very young in London, I had a bank account, which didn't have a great deal in it. I should think at least every three months the bank manager would call me up and threaten to strangle me because I had no money, and I was writing checks.
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I try to make music that's relevant to my life and relatable to the culture I live in.
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If you are interested in writing, get out and live your life! Do a lot. See a lot. Keep your eyes and ears open. Pay attention to the different ways people speak. Read lots of different kinds of books. And then try writing in different voices and styles - don't be afraid to experiment.
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What do little kids do? They crawl on the floor and they build with blocks. I just continued to do that for the rest of my life.
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We will have to choose between the life we want for our future and the life we have left behind.
