Eric Thomas Quotes
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The idea of modernity is beginning to lose its vitality. It is losing it because modernity is no longer a critical attitude but an accepted, codified convention.
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You'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea.
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Romy and I, we're learning how to share the xx with people who aren't in the xx.
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The standards are being lowered, not just on the Internet, but in all of news and media.
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If I do a film and have to get naked, that tends to dictate how often I go to the gym. Acting in 'Richard II' on stage was a huge physical workout, so I ended up more toned than I normally am.
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I have three lovely, lovely kids that I am in love with and that's in love with me.
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This thing that I do with caring about the message in my music, it's not separate from my work as a commercial artist; they're totally one and the same. I'm always going to be thinking about what my voice means.
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His boxing style is one that I would like to test myself against. I've always been a fan of his, and I've always wanted to test myself against Roy Jones.
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If I loved a guy as much as I love my dog, the guy would be in serious trouble. Because I'm all over that dog, all the time.
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Serum albumin is a well-defined protein, but no laboratory has yet attempted to ascertain its full chemical structure.
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I didn't feel like I had a home until I moved to El Paso.
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A lot of people feel pressured by the outside influences, whether it's your job, whether it's school. But who says you can't take care of that stuff and still be young?
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The freedom of thought and expression is one of the most sacred rights in this country.
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Yet, nearly 6 decades after the Holocaust concluded, Anti-Semitism still exists as the scourge of the world.
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It stuns me how effective children can be in their messaging, and I believe that every child should enjoy that basic right to become an adult. Getting rid of childhood cancers is one effective way to reach that goal.
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I never wanted to write really cheesy pop lyrics - like, 'baby, baby, the sun is shining' - that's not something that interests me personally. I'm always wanting to write something that has some kind of meaning.
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Growing up, the dream was to be on Broadway. I always loved theater.
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'The Piano Lesson' is very sophisticated, easily the most adult or complex material I've attempted. It's the first film I've written that has a proper story, and it was a big struggle for me to write. It meant I had to admit the power of narrative.
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I guess because I had such a horrible life growing up, going from place to place not knowing what I was gonna do and ending up being homeless, there was a lot of pain and a lot of anger that was coming out through my guitar playing.
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I'm not a big dreamer. I never have been. I remember fragments of my dream, and I try to take a traditional sort of approach to researching this project and doing preparation for it.
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I remember when Ronald Reagan was president he said 'if the American people obeyed the Ten Commandments and the Golden Rule we wouldn't have any problems.' The first time I heard him say it I thought, 'That's too simplistic.' There are complicated problems back there. But you analyze it, he's right.
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Every single thing I go through, I remember I was homeless, and I draw from it!
