Bill Konigsberg Quotes
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Art is the job of the privileged.
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I learned to walk on my own legs, to dive so deeply into a role to forget that I'm acting.
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We are different people - you get a different take on the band whoever you speak to. Somehow, at the end of it, it goes through the filtering process and out comes the Radiohead thing.
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I went through my first big breakup, with a boyfriend who I had been with for more than two years. He had been one of my dancers, and it was my first love and his.
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There is a healthy American newspaper tradition of not taking yourself seriously It is the story you must take that way... And if you do take yourself seriously, according to this sound convention, you are supposed to do your best not to let anyone else know about it. (Like bed-wetting.)
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The future lies with those companies who see the poor as their customers.
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Don't worry about trying to impress people... Just focus on how you can add value to their lives.
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If a man is often the subject of conversation he soon becomes the subject of criticism.
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Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts with those of the author.
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Don't expect a great day; create one.
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Show true religion, cause words don't relieve
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I began writing books after speaking for several years and I realize that when you have a written book people think that you're smarter than you really are if I can joke. But it's interesting. People will buy your book and hire you without reading the book just because you have a book and you have a book on a subject that they think is of interest to themselves or e to their company.
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Startups, in some sense, have gotten so easy to start that we are confusing two things. And what we are confusing, often, is, 'How far can you get in your first day of travel?' with, 'How long it is going to take to get up to the top of the mountain?'
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Fear isn't an excuse to come to a standstill. It's the impetus to step up and strike.
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I think most people don't exactly know what they're doing, 100%, but they portray themselves as if they do.
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I think if I were a college professor, no one would say I was uncomfortable about being shy because that might be expected. But I think because of people's stereotypes, they think of a football player as someone who is very outgoing and I'm not.
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I’m just me, and me is confusing.
