Eric Maisel Quotes
The three elements of creativity are thus: loving, knowing, and doing - or heart, mind, and hands - or, as Zen Buddhist teaching has it; great faith, great question, and great courage.
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Most modern science fiction went to school on 'Dune.' Even 'Harry Potter' with its 'boy protagonist who has not yet grown into his destiny' shares a common theme. When I read it for the first time, I felt like I had learned another language, mastered a new culture, adopted a new religion.
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To me, there's no point in writing merely to entertain.
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Identify your niche and dominate it. And when I say dominate, I just mean work harder than anyone else could possibly work at it.
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I'm very competitive, and I want to win.
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The world's entire scientific and cultural heritage, published over centuries in books and journals, is increasingly being digitized and locked up by a handful of private corporations.
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The way to a man's heart is through his chest.
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I want to thank Vox Media, The Verge, Recode, the 'Wall Street Journal,' and CNBC for giving me a voice.
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Mom and I…we're both very flaky people.
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Here's the thing with me and the religious thing. This is the flat-out truth: I find the religiosity and philosophy in the music. I don't find it anywhere else.
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Oh please...As a standup, I tried to change the world. As an entertainer, I try to entertain. And as a lesbian, I try to pick up the prettiest girl in the room. Not necessarily in that order.
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Think of your favorite teacher you ever had in school: the one who made it the most fun to go to class. They surprise you. They keep you guessing. They keep you coming back, wanting to know what's going to happen next.
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One of the most wonderful things for me is to watch somebody else perform, where I am the audience - I love this more than ever.
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Modeling is a tough job, your co-workers are your rivals, it really puts a damper on your perspective of other girls.
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What I object to the current government intervention in so-called 'solving the crisis', they haven't solved anything. They've just postponed it.
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My animals are a really important part of my life.
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There are so many reactions to art that make sense to me - but 'ick' means something.
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I'm not an academic type in term of personality. I had my share of madness as a teenager.
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The long poem cannot be a digressive, expansive, boring exposition. It is really made of very sharp, Imagistic, quintessential poetic elements.
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I should add that I very much enjoy certain cities especially Paris, New York and Chicago.
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To me, family is everything. I want children to realize how important their families are and what a support system a family is.
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I want to do really good things with my life.
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It would not be necessary to make an affirmation more than once if one had perfect faith.
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Fredo Lampe. Am Rande Der Nacht. For me, name and title evoked those lighted windows from which you cannot tear your gaze. You are convinced that, behind them, somebody whom you have forgotten has been awaiting your return for years, or else that there is no longer anybody there. Only a lamp, left burning in the empty room.
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The three elements of creativity are thus: loving, knowing, and doing - or heart, mind, and hands - or, as Zen Buddhist teaching has it; great faith, great question, and great courage.
