Theo Epstein Quotes
Failure is inherent in the game. So if you don't respond well to adversity, you're probably not going to have a long career.
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Being on the road with rock, it's pretty much 90 percent guys.
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I brought several national projects to Katihar.
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In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.
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Once you understand that listeners want to be challenged, then you also understand that you can't take shortcuts.
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A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.
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I am a very selfish person.
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Events tend to recur in cycles.
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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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There's obviously a group who enjoys what Tyler Perry is putting out there. And why fault them? And there's a group that loves the things that Spike does. So they should enjoy that, too. Is it my taste? Maybe not, but I'm not going to fault anybody for doing what they're doing as long as people are showing up.
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I often feel like not writing! Sometimes I overcome it by just sitting there until writing happens. Sometimes I don't write, because books often need periods of percolation.
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I go on a good many adventure-type trips. Whenever I go on one, it's always potentially going to be the setting for one of my books. I pay more attention to certain aspects than some other people might. Sometimes I use them, sometimes I don't. Most of the books I write are based on experiences I've had to some extent.
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Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.
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The biggest thing I've learned from my dad is he's had adoring crowds of 8,000 at Berkeley, and 6,000 at Jerry Falwell's Liberty University. That's an amazing feat to have people coming out in one of the most liberal universities and one of the most conservative.
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Good boys are nice - don't go for the bad ones!
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The question in the Simpson case has never been whether he is guilty or not guilty but, given the facts and circumstances of this case, whether it is possible for him to be innocent. And the answer to that question has always been an unequivocal no.
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You can get stale writing with each other for a while.
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To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
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I think actors make for very good directors, and I would like to do that one day.
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We started with Denny Cordell, and he was a great record producer. He knew exactly how to take a band that knew absolutely nothing, and guide you without trying to tell you what to do.
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Try out lots of different options early in your career. Then watch the responses: how you feel, what the market values, what people appreciate about you. It's the only way to find work that's uniquely right for you.
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Peace is a question of will. All conflicts can be settled, and there are no excuses for allowing them to become eternal.
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The idea of anyone contemplating our family and witnessing the affection that we all have for one another and seeing evil in it is deeply hurtful and sad; and also deeply bewildering.
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Failure is inherent in the game. So if you don't respond well to adversity, you're probably not going to have a long career.
