Eric Thomas Quotes
I don't just work! I think about my work, reflect on my work and think of what changes can I make, how can I elevated my game.
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You cannot get PTSD from reading a book or from hearing a story, even repeated stories over and over.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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Just look at what is right in front of you. People don't do that. They see what they expect to see, what they want to see, what conventional wisdom tells them to see. They only hear the music and not the lyrics of human events.
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Stupidly it should not be. It should be also nice. One must get along with that. Is however not necessary.
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When something is at risk or in danger or about to be lost, those are the moments you start to realize how much it means to you.
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I met will.i.am in the studio and played him a couple of songs and he liked them. We're similar but there's nobody in my lane doing what I'm doing.
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There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page.
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Beauty is the promise of happiness.
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Those who get stuck doing the same things for too long are bound to get left behind the strong who press on and re-invent themselves.
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In business, you're the Chief Salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand.
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I've been around a while. I kinda know these things.
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'Muslim' is not a political party. 'Muslim' is not a single culture. Muslims go to war with each other. There are more Muslims in India, Russia and China than in most Muslim-majority nations. 'Muslim' is not a homogenous entity.
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There is a misconception that young Muslim women are oppressed. That simply isn't the case. I choose to dress modestly and choose to cover my hair with a hijab; not all Muslim women make that choice, and that's okay. We are all different!
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I feel like I work on scripts for comedy as well as dramatic stuff the same.
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As long as a house is like yours, and as long as you work together with your brothers, not a house in the world will be able to compete with you, to cause you harm or to take advantage of you, for together you can undertake and perform more than any house in the world.
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I remember devouring the entire Hardy Boys series over one summer, enthralled by their bravery and cleverness.
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It's funny. Of all the jobs I've been ambitious for, this is one that never crossed my mind.
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My observations of Japanese naval fighting men, their abilities and equipment led me to believe that they gave a better account of themselves than we did.
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In primary school in south-eastern Nigeria, I was taught that Hosni Mubarak was the president of Egypt. I learned the same thing in secondary school. In university, Mubarak was still president of Egypt. I came to assume, subconsciously, that he - and others like Paul Biya in Cameroon and Muammar Gaddafi in Libya - would never leave.
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Islamic law is clearly against terrorism, against any kind of deliberate killing of civilians or similar 'collateral damage.'
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Creativity comes from the freedom to fail. And freedom to fail comes from experimentation, and that's what gives something its individuality. And, you know, I think her courage, which is the positive way of interpreting it, or bloody-mindedness, which is the negative, is part of what gives her real value as an artist.
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I love soap operas - the stories, the plots! And I love the game shows and the courtroom dramas and the detectives - Jessica Fletcher, 'Columbo,' 'Perry Mason,' 'L.A. Law.' Any sense of guilt appeals to me in a television program - a sense of guilt, or a sense of making a lot of money.
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With the greatest of respect, I have watched Apple from the day it started. I was publishing magazines about the Apple II before most people had ever heard what a personal computer was.
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I don't just work! I think about my work, reflect on my work and think of what changes can I make, how can I elevated my game.
