Eric Staal Quotes
I've just been finding the back of the net. I've been getting a lot of chances and skating well, and I want to keep that going as long as I can.
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Injuries are a huge thing for skating. I think skating is a very unnatural sport for the body, very tough on the joints.
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I'm trying to mix the cool, independent stuff with the big stuff, but it's been difficult finding the right roles. It's been an interesting ride as far as my career pendulum is concerned.
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The judicial system is the most expensive machine ever invented for finding out what happened and what to do about it.
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It is the individual who knows how little they know about themselves who stands the most reasonable chance of finding out something about themselves before they die.
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Think about finding out when you're 13 that your dad is not your dad. It's like, okay, take it on the chin and keep going. No choice, really.
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Our problem is not adopting reforms, which we will do without question. It is not reaching an objective, which we will meet. But it is finding an end to the recession.
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The only thing I've kind of missed is finding a really good western that I want to do, because I watched westerns a lot.
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Radio stinks. The stations are making a lot of money, but they just aren't taking chances.
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Groupon's model: Getting the group discount rate first, finding the group second. The daily deal goes out and, if a minimum number of people sign up, they can all share in the group rate. Vendor gets customers, customers get a discount, Groupon gets a cut.
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I'm really into kind of finding different masculine pieces and making them feminine. Like cool oxfords.
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Figure skating is a mixture of art and sport.
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To me it's all about textures, and that's the side of music that I'm finding really exciting. I feel like it's one of the only parts of music that mankind hasn't fully discovered yet.
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Underground people pay a desperate toll finding out things nobody else has discovered yet. We run around like headless chickens looking for the next cultural fix to spiral around in before it gets appropriated somewhere else and becomes something it never was. There's this sort of one-upmanship in the underground.
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I am studying ancient civilizations, trying to find what happened to them, finding out why they went into a decline, why they died.
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Even now I can't describe why I love skating so much.
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I had a very bad torn groin, my abdomen right through my legs. I was finding it really hard to get in the ring and run around and function at a decent rate. Then they had the idea that it might be better to do a retirement thing.
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Acting is easier than skating in a way and harder in other aspects. In skating, you get one chance, and with acting you get to do it over and over.
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I have a hard time finding high boots that go up to your knee, because of the shape of my calves.
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I genuinely miss writing now on the rare days I don't write; my mouth waters when I think about writing, and I have an extreme physical reaction to the idea of doing it.
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For musicians, Musikfest is the most cool event.
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In the long course of history, having people who understand your thought is much greater security than another submarine.
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I'm always honored to be speaking alongside Deepak Chopra.
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How does one chip off the marble that doesn't belong? ... That comes about through five things: humility, reverence, inspiration, deep purpose, and joy. No great man has ever wise-cracked his way to greatness. Until one learns to lose one's self he cannot find himself. No one can multiply himself by himself. He must first divide himself and give himself to the service of all, thus placing himself within all others through acts of thoughtfulness and service.
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I've just been finding the back of the net. I've been getting a lot of chances and skating well, and I want to keep that going as long as I can.
