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 not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm not interested. It doesn't seem to get across.
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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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Trends come and go, and style evolves. It's important to have pieces of jewelry that are timeless and look chic despite ever-changing fashions.
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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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Internet, for all its faults, exposed me to a lot more music.
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Scientists and artists are both living in the cultural milieu that they come up in. They're always responding to what is happening culturally.
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Without siblings you get quite a skewed vision of yourself and of the world. I always felt I didn't understand how it worked. I remember feeling quite lonely.
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Acting was the place where I could be free and feel confident.
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When the highwayman holds his gun to your head, you turn your valuables over to him. You 'consent' alright, but you do so because you cannot help yourself, because you are compelled by his gun. Are you not compelled to work for an employer? Your need compels you, just as the highwayman's gun.
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There are different kinds of artists: the ones that inspire you, and the ones that overwhelm you.
