Eric Maisel Quotes
Artists know failure. It is not tragic that they know failure; it is only tragic if they know failure and little else.
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People return my phone calls now, which is really interesting. I'll tell you what I've learned that's kind of bittersweet. So many doors have opened up. I've met everybody in the business. I'm fortunate people want to work with me.
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Well, softness and femininity like yours people don't expect of me; so when they find me emotional and capable of real vulnerability, they're surprised.
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I'm an aggressive fighter, but I'm smart. I'm not going to play stupid.
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Out-of-step intellectuals like Noam Chomsky and the deceased Edward Said have often been dismissed as crazy extremists, 'anti-American,' and in Mr. Said's case even, absurdly, as apologists for Palestinian 'terrorism.'
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I dropped the 'Bundy' with my country music because I wanted it to be two separate things: There's me as a songwriter and a country singer, and there's me as a Broadway performer.
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The question in the Simpson case has never been whether he is guilty or not guilty but, given the facts and circumstances of this case, whether it is possible for him to be innocent. And the answer to that question has always been an unequivocal no.
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Getting recognized on the street is fine, but I never really wanted to be famous.
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I'm a big Johnny Cash girl. And I love singers like Laura Marling and Joanna Newsom.
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I'm too tough and sensitive to have to have some pubescent twerp with his mom's earring in his tongue, who combs his hair with Redi-Whip and has an Ani DiFranco tattoo on his shin, come show me how a computer works.
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My acting coach makes the impossible accessible.
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'Twin Peaks' without David Lynch is like a dog without a bark.
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There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other.
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I would advise anyone seriously interested in acting to study, train, and work as much as possible... You will know soon enough if it's the right avenue for you.
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'Thank you power' is writing down the moments that are good in your life so that you can go back and reflect on them - so you've got this sort of repository of good stuff in your past.
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The camera is my tool. Through it I give a reason to everything around me.
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To me I think artists in general make a statement - and for the rest of their lives - every album, every book - are variations on a theme.
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I think that you have to seriously have fun, or taking serious things in a light way and obviously, for me, before all, music is made of fun and pleasure and excitement.
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The incoming government is not going to leave our people in the dark. Paddy likes to know what the story is.
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I believe only and alone in the service of Jesus Christ. In him is all refuge and solace.
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Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre area have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold and I have withdrawn the troops. My decision to attack at this time and place was based on the best information available. The troops, the air and the Navy did all that bravery and devotion to duty could do. If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone.
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Believe it or not, I've got a really bad metabolism. One burger and I'm done. I'm not a guy that puts away 10 burgers.
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Artists know failure. It is not tragic that they know failure; it is only tragic if they know failure and little else.
