Eric Jacobson Quotes
It's not unlike what happened in tech, ... The better they do, the more people buy. What happens is the price gets really high and the compensation you get for taking on the extra risk goes down.
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The word inventors have to create a new term to describe how I felt when I learned that 'Refund' was on the shortlist for the Frank O'Connor International Story prize - Excited, thrilled, honored, none of them quite do it.
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Who said that artists should sell their soul, expose everything about themselves?
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I'd always fantasized about writing a new play. Even when I had all this success in television, what I was daydreaming about in my dressing room is that one day I would do it.
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I know what you're saying, but I already told you all the truth and I, I don't what, I don't know what else to do. I just do the best I can and tell you the only thing I can, and that's what I already told you many times.
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Fitness has always been one of the top priorities in my life because that's the way I grew up, with soccer being the sport of choice.
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Figure out who you are.
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There are people worse off than me. I've had a very long run. I'm fine really. I'm just old.
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You can have all the talent in the world, but without determination, you won't get very far.
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I think that the tying of the Montenegrin economy with the euro is a much better option than the adventure of printing our own currency.
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What I like least about acting is that when you're only in one place, you're missing the other part of life.
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Football has been my life for as long as I can remember.
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The nature of this melancholy becomes clearer, once one asks the question, with whom does the historical writer of historicism actually empathize. The answer is irrefutably with the victor. Those who currently rule are however the heirs of all those who have ever been victorious. Empathy with the victors thus comes to benefit the current rulers every time.
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It is well-known that the friend of a conqueror is but the last victim.
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As I continue to develop my relationship with Him, I have discovered that God is a nice guy.
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Pearl Harbor was the defining event in my life. It shaped who I am, and all of my hang-ups and my drives, I think, stem from that.
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Also, most people read fiction as an escape - and I wonder whether my books aren't a bit too grounded in reality to reach the widest possible audience.
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I'm physically completely mal-coordinated. My best friend used to make me run for the bus just to give herself a quick, cheap laugh because I definitely don't have that sophisticated cool thing down.
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It's wonderful to be back. Back among the mountains that remind us of our vulnerability, our ultimate lack of control over the world we live in. Mountains that demand humility, and yield so much peace in return.
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The main issue was deciding what to play: Should it be old Ramones material or new material? I had about three albums worth of new material, but I knew that people would rather hear the Ramones songs.
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What I find really interesting is to try and mix it up, to push myself and try different things. I don't want to stay in my comfort zone. I want to take risks and keep myself scared.
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People should have literary and cultural taste and should not bomb hotels.
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Taxes will always be lower under a Coalition government.
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It's not unlike what happened in tech, ... The better they do, the more people buy. What happens is the price gets really high and the compensation you get for taking on the extra risk goes down.
