Eric Thomas Quotes
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Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
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I studied music at the most remedial level when I was a kid, through the Los Angeles public schools, with a little private instruction.
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Denied anything ardently desired, the individual or state will argue and parley just so long - then, if the impelling motive be sufficiently great, will cast aside every rule and break down every acquired inhibition, plunging viciously after the object wished; all the more fantastically savage because of previous repression.
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Kenya doesn't have much of an infrastructure for hosting a film.
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I like nicotine because it excites my brain and helps me work.
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Illinois surpasses every other spot of equal extent upon the face of the globe in fertility of soil and in the proportionable amount of the same which is sufficiently level for actual cultivation.
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Rarely in broadcasting history has so much been riding on the whimsical flick of a few thousand wrists.
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I think the thing that I really wanna bring is that I have a full world of music and imagination and ideas that I want to create as an artist, and that's my main thing that I want to do.
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The best thing to do is just leave them alone. Alligators want to be away from you just as much as you want to be away from them.
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I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.
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One of the best parts of being a writer means that researching all kinds of cool stuff actually counts as work!
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My mission as a writer is to give my readers hope to carry with them, and to promote a belief that they can do anything they set their minds to.
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People ask if I walk around and pinch myself. Yes, I do.
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I thought it must be desperate to be old. To wake up in the morning and remember that you were ancient - and so behave that way. I thought old people were full of aches and pains and horrible illnesses.
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For me, Warhol made so much sense.
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I am hard-pressed to find a successful writer who doesn't have a similar story to mine - transformation through the public library.
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It was a somber place, haunted by old jokes and lost laughter. Life, as I discovered, holds no more wretched occupation than trying to make the English laugh.
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What the world needs now is more Americans. The U.S. is the first nation on earth deliberately dedicated to letting people choose what they want and giving them a chance to get it.
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With all the problems we are having, I won't be afraid to tell leadership, 'You need to explain to me why I should follow you anywhere.'
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I no longer do a film for the wrong reasons. I have to be convinced ethically and morally. Both the director and I have to be on the same page. There are just five songs in most films these days, and they have to be amazing. There has to be a twist in the screenplay. The editing has to be crisp. Your hard work should show, but effortlessly.
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I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.
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I'm happy doing stand-up, but I'll probably do a television show eventually. If not, I'll delve into this Internet world and decide best how to harness it. What I like best about it is the independent movie style and the ability to just be completely reckless within that world. I like that a lot. I just have to acquaint myself with technology.
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If you want to learn about America, watch 'The Wire.' It's a profound piece of entertainment.
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To get to that next level, you gotta learn to get comfortable being uncomfortable.
