J. Tillman Quotes
I was like, 'Josh Tillman, you are not a songwriter. You are an ape. Stop thinking of yourself as a songwriter.'
Quotes to Explore
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Isolationism is over.
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There is always pressure in football.
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Other families who are poor do what they can to get out of it. My mother did not. She did not utilise her resources. She had a degree. There was something she could have done, but she actively, purposely refused that so we could have this absolutely authentic experience of the worst of capitalism: 'See? Look how bad capitalism is.'
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I don't do detoxes or cleanses; they don't really work for me.
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You have to be yourself.
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I don't know what love means.
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One of the things, one of the things that really got to me was the thing in Houston where you had the government, the mayor actually, trying to get the sermons of ministers. When the government tries to invade the church to enforce its own opinion on marriage, that's when it's time to resist.
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The thing that I took away as an early fan from Bob Dylan was the storytelling aspects. He can tell some wicked stories.
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I am not an angry guy. It's just the roles I do that impact my personality.
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I try to get in some extra carbohydrates and protein the night before and during my pre-match meal. I also eat about 200 calories right after to help rebuild my muscles.
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I want to know who my client is. I see her on Instagram, but it's another thing to get to chat with her.
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He who avoids complaint invites happiness.
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I think authors can get into trouble viewing the subject matter as their turf.
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The chasm between rich and poor is becoming larger, and I think it's interesting terrain to talk about and expose.
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There's a smartphone gait: the slow sidewalk weave that comes from being lost in conversation rather than looking where you're going.
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Religion is the possibility of the removal of every ground of confidence except confidence in God alone.
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People say I have my own Cinderella story, and in a way, I guess I do.
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I've got a general callout with the Caribbean world in which I'm interested in helping in any way to get their well-written good stories out to the rest of the world. I am really interested in helping those stories get to a completion and public viewing.
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The experience of poetry could bring my mother back to me. Poetry offers a different kind of solace - here on earth.
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My character Saurabh Singhania is a rich, bad guy who is driven by revenge, so much that you feel like scratching his face or throwing stones at him. The intimate scenes in the trailer are creating quite a buzz... I wish they had shown more of the story instead of the sizzling scenes. The film is not about boldness or intimacy.
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Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.
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I had my own battle tactics.
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In many professions, what used to matter most were abilities associated with the left side of the brain: linear, sequential, spreadsheet kind of faculties. Those still matter, but they're not enough. What's important now are the characteristics of the brain's right hemisphere: artistry, empathy, inventiveness, big-picture thinking.
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I was like, 'Josh Tillman, you are not a songwriter. You are an ape. Stop thinking of yourself as a songwriter.'
