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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How could you have a soccer team if all were goalkeepers? How would it be an orchestra if all were French horns?
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At the end of the day, what would be a Canadian sensibility? Is it Michael Ondaatje? Alice Munro? Is Margaret Atwood more Canadian than Neil Bissoondath?
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I want to create a body of work that is entertaining and speaks to people for a long time. Longer than my life span.
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One performs a very different act when reading a movie and when reading a novel. Your attention behaves differently.
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I'm not interested in making horror-comedies, but I'm very interested in making scary movies with funny parts.
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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.
