Eric Thomas Quotes
I've come to realize that when people are not reaching their highest potential or whatever goals they set out for themselves, they're more inclined when they're going through pain. When they're going through a negative situation. They're more inclined to hear me than when they're doing well.
Quotes to Explore
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I technically have two last names, which is a lot of fun when you're making airline reservations.
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One SF prediction that I would like very much to see: Get solar collectors launched to beam energy back home, and get away from fossil fuels.
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I'm obviously not an advocate of Christian America or a simplistic view of America as 'a city on a hill.'
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I don't think limits.
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I don't know why I'm suddenly playing nasty people. It is very fun, though, and it isn't real, at the end of the day.
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Acceptance looks like a passive state, but in reality it brings something entirely new into this world. That peace, a subtle energy vibration, is consciousness.
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My typical morning involves some time on the treadmill, but obviously I skip that a lot. Mostly, I wake up, check my email, then get to work on the various interviews and questions and phone calls that come with being an author.
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Conscience is the guardian in the individual of the rules which the community has evolved for its own preservation.
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There are still some other things to do, so don't think if I didn't fix your favorite bug that your bug report is in the bit bucket. (It may be, but don't think it.
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The higher the social class of other students the higher any given student's achievement.
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My father had to go back to Iran to take care of his father when I was 13 and was detained for six years before returning. My mom was raising three kids without a dad.
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To be able to work with people who I have respected and admired, to be a part of something like the Cannes Film Festival, is surreal and brilliant.
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One of my rules is: If it's good for the planet, it's usually good for your wallet.
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Without a clear diagnosis of why the candidate or party failed, there can be no clear consensus about how to move forward.
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I still favor alternatives to governmental race-based preferences.
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There's sadness to anyone that dies before their time, and specifically ones that seem to affect people in a positive way. It doesn't matter if it's Whitney Houston or a nameless, faceless person on the street. That's just as big of a tragedy for me.
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I like being with my family. That's my party.
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We must continue to fight for funding for health technologies so that they can continue to do what they do best - save lives - but also because they confer a real benefit to America's economy.
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I really had little interest in becoming famous. When I write my book, it will be my guide to avoid becoming a rock star.
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If there's a truth and nobody knows it, is it still true? Or is it like a light burning in a locked, shuttered house that nobody will ever get to see?
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To have two guys score that many goals, I don't know if I've ever been around that type of thing. It is amazing and different, and doesn't happen very often.
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If have to undergo preschool safety checks every morning, why does a random thug get to own an assault rifle?
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I've come to realize that when people are not reaching their highest potential or whatever goals they set out for themselves, they're more inclined when they're going through pain. When they're going through a negative situation. They're more inclined to hear me than when they're doing well.
