Eric Maisel Quotes
The more sophisticated we become - as we pierce reality and see the void beyond - the more our sense of wonder is destroyed, along with our reasons for being.
Quotes to Explore
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Every employee needs to know that there's somebody out there that they serve. And when we don't let people know that for one reason or another, we're depriving them of a fulfilling job.
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How can you be on top of the things you do? I think when you are involved in a business, first of all you need to know the business. After that you know the business, you can - the numbers tell you what is happening. You can read with the numbers.
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The team behind 'The Lego Movie' approached me. They wanted to do something extra special for the Academy Award performance of best song nominee 'Everything is Awesome.' They had seen my earlier version of a Lego Oscar statue, and I was happy to take on the challenge.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.
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It's quite absurd to act against a smoke creature that is not there.
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Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.
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I try to travel as much as I can... I'm always looking for a reason to.
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If you are afraid to fail, then you should go and become a banker.
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Not all problems have a technological answer, but when they do, that is the more lasting solution.
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People today are still living off the table scraps of the sixties. They are still being passed around - the music and the ideas.
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The truth is that I have lived on an even keel. I don't go down, and I don't go up. I believe in living above the line. Above the line is happiness and love, you know. Below the line is all sadness and destruction and unhappiness. And I don't go down below the line for anything.
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Mummy, Bea and I call ourselves 'the Tripod' - they are my best friends in the world.
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I can get motivated seeing a kid at my son's school overcome a learning disability.
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A just laicism allows religious freedom. The state does not impose religion but rather gives space to religions with a responsibility toward civil society, and therefore it allows these religions to be factors in building up society.
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I was so happy to go to prom so I could have a mental break because I've been working so hard. It felt so good to feel normal for once, and then the next day, I was in the gym again.
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Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age.
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Should those whose actions lead to the death or injury of a child get a free pass?
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Ik ben een driftkop, wat is daar mis mee?
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Not all the coal that is dug warms the world.
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Every single morning you wake up with the opportunity to be yourself, or be the idea of someone else. For me it is all about... my favourite mantra is: "You do you. I do me. They do they."
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When I've had hard times in my life, the one thing about being in TV is that it's positive. I withdrew to 'Cheers,' it was familiar in that it was family. It had a kind of realistic positiveness to it.
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The more sophisticated we become - as we pierce reality and see the void beyond - the more our sense of wonder is destroyed, along with our reasons for being.
