Thomas Pablo Croquet (Thomas Mars) Quotes
There are different kinds of artists: the ones that inspire you, and the ones that overwhelm you.
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I will say this: I think 'Big Brother' is the biggest snooze known to mankind.
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The hypothesis that economic organization is the resultant of a series of historic accidents is intructive in that many organizational innovations appear to be the result of trial and error.
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I bought a company in the mid-'90s called Dexter Shoe and paid $400 million for it. And it went to zero. And I gave about $400 million worth of Berkshire stock, which is probably now worth $400 billion. But I've made lots of dumb decisions. That's part of the game.
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I never felt a need to manipulate my career from the outside - try to be someone I wasn't to get ahead.
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I'm cool with myself. If I can't have the body of Angie Bassett, so be it.
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The nation is faced with one of the most corporate-orientated anti-consumer Congresses in our history.
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Remember, either you control your money or it will control you.
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It was a difficult second record. I had moments where I couldn't write; had moments where I was writing lots. It was just a massive learning process for me.
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There are a lot of eating disorders in our sport, so I try very hard not to get consumed by all that.
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I like people that are not frightened to say what they think.
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Of course, a movie is in constant flux.
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I thought if my son was now eighteen years old and he was tempted to join the fight and take the burden of protecting his family - because it's always tempting especially for young men - what would I do as a mother to stop him?
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Admitting the force of these contentions, nevertheless, the custom of meeting together in public assembly for the consideration of the most serious, the most exalted topics of human interest is too vitally precious to be lost.
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I don't get wrapped up in technique and the like.
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I've been engaged a couple times.
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I dropped the 'Bundy' with my country music because I wanted it to be two separate things: There's me as a songwriter and a country singer, and there's me as a Broadway performer.
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I'm always late.
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In the past 10 years, I've looked at life as this Pollock stuff. And now I'm almost in the post Pollock phase.
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The question for Dropbox is whether, when they run out of private sources for funding, they will be able to maintain that valuation when they go to public sources for funding and their valuation is set on the public markets.
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We may come from different places and have different stories, but we share common hopes, and one very American dream.
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A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.
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I certainly didn't have a nanny.
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I don't really have any regrets because if I choose not to do something there is usually a very good reason. Once I've made the decision I don't view it as a missed opportunity, just a different path.
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There are different kinds of artists: the ones that inspire you, and the ones that overwhelm you.
