Ed Thigpen Quotes
Do you know why they call a drummer's seat a throne? Because drummers are kings and queens.
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There has to be a balance between power and vulnerability. That's something I feel I have in my own life, something I struggle with and - on a good day - like about myself.
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I started cooking out of middle school depression.
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In dating, the question is how many Tinder knockoffs are we going to have, and are any of them going to take off?
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Acting is not acting. It isn't putting on a face and dancing around in a mask. It's believing that you are that character and playing him as if it were a normal day in the life of that character.
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I am most attached to my mother, who always travels with me when I am on an outdoor location or abroad. She is my friend, who I share everything with.
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At heart, I'm a relationship guy, but my adventurous side makes it hard. I hope I'll find a balance.
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People are literally tracking everything. People are becoming more empowered and knowing what's going into their body.
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I try to choose the songs that really are basically coming from my heart. I think that through the songs that I select, people know what's going on in my life.
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I pulled Lena's necklace out of my pocket. I let the charms roll around in my palm, but they were tangled and meaningless without her. The necklace was heavier than I imagined, or maybe it was the weight of my conscience.
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What makes a scientist great is the care that he takes in telling you what is wrong with his results, so that you will not misuse them.
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The prevailing style of management must undergo transformation. A system can not understand itself. The transformation requires a view from outside.
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... a woman who is not feminine is a monster in creation.
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The prophesying business is like writing fugues; it is fatal to every one save the man of absolute genius.
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And this is the final meaning of work: the extension of human consciousness. The lesser meaning of work is the achieving of self-preservation.
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You cannot go on 'explaining away' for ever: you will find that you have explained explanation itself away. You cannot go on 'seeing through' things for ever. The whole point of seeing through something is to see something through it.
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A born king is a very rare being.
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I don't want to look old and worn, but what can you do? My real focus is being an actor. I care more about having the opportunity to play roles that I haven't played than I care if my neck looks like someone's bedroom curtains.
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And wasn't my mind also like another crib in the depths of which I felt I remained ensconced, even in order to watch what was happening outside? When I saw an external object, my awareness that I was seeing it would remain between me and it, lining it with a thin spiritual border that prevented me from ever directly touching its substance; it would volatize in some way before I could make contact with it, just as an incandescent body brought near a wet object never touches its moisture because it is always preceded by a zone of evaporation.
