Eric Thomas Quotes
I realized the secret to success is finishing! And not just finishing, but finishing strong!
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My goal isn't to shock.
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If you love something, you have to stay really focused and can't let outside things distract you.
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We just got whipped from the beginning of the game to the end. They did everything right and we did nothing right.
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We spend our days, each one of us, in looking for the secret of life. Well, the secret of life is in Art.
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I know I'm going to blow one day. My life is doomed the way it is. I have no future.
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I am also convinced that one gains the purest joy from spirited things only when they are not tied in with earning one's livelihood.
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Unless you are political or intellectual, events like the Depression are seen as personal events. We thought of the Depression as something that made the pipes freeze; we thought it hit us because Daddy didn't move his taxi stand and because he broke his hip. It was only later I found out it was a national phenomenon.
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I don't think that anything anyone has to say should ever be censored or unheard
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I don't make art with grandiose delusions. I do know there are limits to what art is capable of. That makes it all the more appealing to me. And I can do as I will whenever I choose.
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Not a soul takes thought how well he may live- only how long: yet a good life might be everybody's, a long one can be nobody's.
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Venus Williams has an amazing line; I love her collection. I'm always at her office. She has an interior design company and her EleVen company. They have a wonderful office space and I'm always there for the interior part and get to see what she's doing with EleVen.
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I'm like a surfer right now. I'm just surfing the wave. Except that I can't swim, so I'm on the board trying to hold on tight.
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In fact, I am a pessimist. But when I'm making a film, I don't want to transfer my pessimism onto children. I keep it at bay. I don't believe that adults should impose their vision of the world on children, children are very much capable of forming their own visions. There's no need to force our own visions onto them.
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I believe in yogurt because it’s creamy and a good use of milk that would otherwise go sour. Think about it: Where does all the sour milk go? That goes for people too. Not that we ferment, though I guess we do lactate, but everyone has skills and desires that go unused and unmet, and they sour. How can we make yogurt of these soured attributes? How do we make something delicious, how do we salvage them? I was like, dude, how in the world did you manage to bring human lactation into your oral report? If I ever said anything half that creative, half that unusual, my best friends would divorce my ass. How can a guy be so comfortable with being weird?
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I've realized that I'm more important than food is. I love a big slice of pizza, but I love myself more. Being thin is about changing the way you think about yourself. It's about saying that you deserve to be healthy.
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I can be highly competitive, which is ultimately why I chose yoga as a career. I thought it would drain the competitive drive out of me and allow me to be present and content. The yoga world has become highly competitive since then and it used to drive me crazy until I realized there's work for everyone.
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I realized the secret to success is finishing! And not just finishing, but finishing strong!
