T. Thorn Coyle Quotes
May our lives be born from the beauty of darkness, and shine with the possibility of light.
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It's an error in judgment to bounce into starting a small business before you cash in on building a strong foundation.
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When you look at the results that Newt Gingrich got when he was speaker, he got results for the American people.
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Our vision and commitment is towards the country's progress, its place in the world and the happiness of its people.
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I figure this current era of history is the one with the best chance of quality of life for a black, female, disabled, middle-aged, queer person who's most comfortable not fitting in. The odds still aren't great, mind you. But I'll take my chances with the 21st century.
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I don't think that I ever believed that poetry would be a career. I have always thought of poems as something more private than professional... I would never introduce myself as a poet. I will always have some other thing that I am.
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I'd done some acting stuff when I was younger, around age nine.
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Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
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I feel like I'm not the greatest general manager in the history of general managers, but I do OK, and I'm learning as I go. I try to just do my best with it.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg didn't finish college. Too much emphasis is placed on formal education - I told my children not to worry about their grades but to enjoy learning.
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Success is the sweetest revenge.
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New York for a long time was a kind of conductor's graveyard.
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Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish.
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I like Jaykae. He's a great artist, and I absolutely love Dr. Dre's album and a bit of Calvin Harris now and then.
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I believe we should work to end all racism in American society and staunchly defend the inherent rights of every person.
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If my life was a song the title would be 'Naima'.
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When you don't know what the band looks like, it puts the emphasis on thinking and taking the music and message more seriously.
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I think all actors have a similar deal. You want some people who understand. Although it looks great - and is great - there are also shoddy moments when you feel really rotten, and when it's going well, you're not allowed to complain.
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John Kenneth Galbraith doesn't get enough praise. The Affluent Society is a great insight, and has become so much a part of our understanding of contemporary capitalism that we forget where it began. It's like reading Hamlet and deciding it's full of quotations.
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My grandfather for example only died twice, once during the war and once in the 1980s.
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The more thou dost advance, the more thy feet pitfalls will meet. The Path that leadeth on is lighted by one fire - the light of daring burning in the heart. The more one dares, the more he shall obtain. The more he fears, the more that light shall pale.
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If people are failing, they look inept. If people are succeeding, they look strong and good and competent. That's the 'halo effect.' Your first impression of a thing sets up your subsequent beliefs. If the company looks inept to you, you may assume everything else they do is inept.
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I want to take you to a place of pure magic... It's the place athletes call the "zone". Buddhists call "satori" and ravers call "trance". I call it the Silver Desert. It's a place of pure light that holds the dark within it. It's a place of pure rhythm.
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May our lives be born from the beauty of darkness, and shine with the possibility of light.
