Thomas Carlyle Quotes
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You're only as good as your last song. That's something somebody told me, and it's so true. You've just gotta keep putting yourself out there, even promoting 'God Made Girls.'
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The best revenge is to live on and prove yourself.
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Hallucinatory - that's just the way everyday life is, in Colombia. All the time, you say to yourself, did I just see that?
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I hope to do multiple characters throughout my life that are separate from me. I think it's a cop-out if you play yourself in everything.
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I like the performing. And interviews, even. And the stuff that's not sitting in a room by yourself with empty paper. But I never loved writing, to tell you the truth.
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Altruism raises your mood because it raises your self-esteem, which increases happiness. Plus, giving to others gets you outside of yourself and distracts you from your problems.
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After building most of Mint.com's prototype by myself, I talked to anyone and everyone I knew about Mint. It's counter-intuitive, because you might fear someone will steal your idea, but it's the only way to make connections, be sure you're on the right track, and provide a solution for an audience broader than yourself.
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I just think there are enough hours in the day. If you just focus and dedicate yourself and approach each task as it presents itself, you can accomplish a lot.
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You should seek approval from yourself.
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I think you can feel good about yourself at any size and any shape. Nobody should be made to feel inferior because they have a certain body type.
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But I think it is always difficult to have high expectations of yourself or anyone else.
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The people you surround yourself with influence your behaviors, so choose friends who have healthy habits.
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What happens with every role, you have to trick yourself, you have to creatively find ways to explore the mental state of your character.
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The most important service to others is service to those who are not like yourself.
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Surround yourself with really good people. I think that's an important thing. Because the people you surround yourself are a reflection of you.
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Get yourself into every audition that you can. Even in those for smaller roles, you'll never know when someone may recommend you for a bigger one.
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As you get older, you overthink and can talk yourself out of anything. It's good to be a bit reckless and experimental.
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You don't want to love - your eternal and abnormal craving is to be loved. You aren't positive, you're negative. You absorb, absorb, as if you must fill yourself up with love, because you've got a shortage somewhere.
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I think a lot of writers are tempted to add complexity by over-complicating things, but always remember that most natural rules/laws are, at their core, simple. Start simple, and build from there, or you risk getting yourself and your readers tangled.
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Music journalists love Elvis Costello and hate me because they look like Elvis Costello...
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Getting kids moving is a key factor in tackling obesity and health problems among the young.
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Poetry had far better imply things than preach them directly... in the open pulpit her voice grows hoarse and fails.
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I have a lot of survivor insticts, and I know when to quit. I know when to go forward it my life, but not everybody does.
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The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.
