J. Maarten Troost Quotes
The gift of sobriety is clarity and a sense of connection - and travel only enhances that.
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My own being can be judged by the depths I reach in making these historical origins my own.
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I drink a fair amount of ramen noodles.
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The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'
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I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.
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Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.
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Not every woman has time to go to a salon and have her hair blow-dried every day.
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Limitlessness is important for me; I want to be able to use every opportunity to push me forward onto the next thing.
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I figure the faster I pedal, the faster I can retire.
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If my child had prejudice in his head, I'd be ashamed. I would see it as my failure as a parent.
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When I first started out as a young journalist, I know that on at least two occasions, when I walked into a newsroom, I knew I was replacing the black person in that job.
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There's a generative material relationship between the material and the image that comes up.
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I'm not a military general, a business guru, not a philosopher or author. It's only me.
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I saw the pilot for 'Girls' about six months before it aired.
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I went to Berlin to study psychology but decided that I was more interested in music and started an R and B band.
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I am a certified yoga teacher and I love to cycle and swim.
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Before I got into grad school, I used to work as a deck hand on these ferry boats in San Francisco, and they did day tours. It wasn't a bad job. I made decent money. But you were sitting down all day, tying up the boat, wiping it down. For some guys, that's a dream job, but for me it was kind of torture.
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In the landscape of extinction, precision is next to godliness.
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I've seen articles suggesting that Wal-Mart buys at prices lower than our competitors', and that this gives Wal-Mart an unfair advantage. I don't believe it... What we hear is concern that in some circumstances, Wal-Mart may actually be paying more than our competitors.
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I love everything about playing for Newcastle, the club, the fans and the city.
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Education exposes young people to a broader world, a world full of opportunity and hope.
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Edgar Allen Poe really started me when I was 8. I fell in love with everything of his.
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We need to hack up the person responsible for this bad connection....hack him up in front of his children. We need to cut off his face and wear it and go on a really tightly budgeted shopping spree in stores that don't exist yet.
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The gift of sobriety is clarity and a sense of connection - and travel only enhances that.
