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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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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When I was in my teens I had issues with OCD.
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I often talk to myself while walking down the street. I did it as a kid.
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If civilization has risen from the Stone Age, it can rise again from the Wastepaper Age.
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In our local Baptist church, I sang in the choir and formed a gospel quartet. When our minister caught me messing with his guitar, he taught me three positions – one, four and five. After that, I taught myself to play.
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For a building that is supposedly a symbol of love, it has generated a lot of anger. Or rather, some people have been angered by what others have said about it, and have felt called on to defend its honour.
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We can invoke spiritual compensation when we find ourselves in situations of material lack.
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There's only one movie in my career I've had regrets with cutting it shorter, and I think some scenes maybe I shouldn't have cut.
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The healthy man does not torture others - generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers.
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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.
