J. Maarten Troost Quotes
The gift of sobriety is clarity and a sense of connection - and travel only enhances that.
Quotes to Explore
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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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Judy Garland was just so delicious in every way and just so honest and generous.
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As a person, I'm polite - I want to please.
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When I think, where did I laugh the most, where did I eat the most, where did I just feel good all the time, I would say making the Bond movie 'Die Another Day.' To be part of such an iconic franchise and to travel to exotic places - that was the most fun I ever had.
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There are still some places I'd love to visit - Africa, China, Brazil, India. I want to travel the world and experience other cultures and peoples.
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If I didn't travel so much, maybe my perfect Sunday would be skin diving on a coral reef - not scuba diving, as skin diving is more physical, and I prefer the lightness of it. Skin diving means wearing just goggles. Oh, I could wear some trunks, maybe.
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The gift of sobriety is clarity and a sense of connection - and travel only enhances that.
