Sam Yagan Quotes
The first time you meet someone, the conversation is sort of on life support. You're just trying to live another moment in the life of the conversation.
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I work so hard, but... everything just goes my way! It's insane!
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Both my parents are Scottish, and although I grew up in Canada after moving over, all of my family are proud to be Scots.
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I have a vast curiosity about our universe, our origins, and its probable future.
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I'm a sort of nuts-and-bolts guy. I'm into turning wrenches and swinging a hammer and wrenching on cars.
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I remember growing up always loving the guitar. I used to love to watch the people play on the Country Western shows on TV. My folks told me that when I was just a toddler, I used to pretend I was playing a guitar on a toothpick.
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Trials by the adversarial contest must in time go the way of the ancient trial by battle and blood.
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I would hate for my father to regret all his support that he's given me over the years and be embarrassed by anything I chose to do.
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I was in love with the British 'The Office', so even though I love Steve Carell, when they were going to remake it, I was like, 'This is not going to work. I'm going to completely veto this show. I am not going to watch this show.' But now, I love it.
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More than anything, there are more images in evil. Evil is based far more on the visual, whereas good has no good images at all.
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Developing a relationship with someone you admire, who can encourage you to reach your full potential, is something that everyone can benefit from.
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You trivialize the idea of competition totally, then there's no point in having the competition in the first place, and everybody is getting a trophy.
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In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.
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There are many challenges in the global education ecosystem: from top-down systemic issues in how educational services are organized and delivered, to bottom-up issues of curriculum effectiveness, accountability, and human resource allocation.
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Writing is not a matter of choice. Writers have to write. It is somehow in their temperament, in the blood, in tradition.
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As an actor, I think you should always disappear a little. I act in order to lose myself.
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I knew I wanted considerable education so that I wouldn't have to work as hard as my parents.
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I know there are going to be big challenges financially, but I'm excited artistically. I think that if the experience is better artistically, then we have more hope in the future.
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Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
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Democrats fell in love with the idea that winning elections was a matter of talking to voters about the one issue we think impacts them, instead of our plan to move the country forward as a whole.
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Real faith rejoices in the promise of God as if it saw the deliverance and was enjoying it.
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Because it's so easy to medicate our need for self-worth by pandering to win followers, 'likes' and view counts, social media have become the metier of choice for many people who might otherwise channel that energy into books, music or art - or even into their own Web ventures.
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There are two main principles I've picked up over the years as they pertain to cultivating the type of faith that moves mountains. The first is this: Faith comes by looking at God, not at the mountain. The second is this: God gives us faith as we walk by his side.
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For me, every hour is grace. And I feel gratitude in my heart each time I can meet someone and look at his or her smile.
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The first time you meet someone, the conversation is sort of on life support. You're just trying to live another moment in the life of the conversation.
