Sam Tsui Quotes
My writing voice is a little quirkier, more singer-songwriter-y than the Top 40 stuff I cover.
Quotes to Explore
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I am sick and tired of the process where everybody tells you that Indian companies don't have the technology and capability. We need to put money where our mouth is and make things happen, and that is what we are trying to do.
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After leaving school, I travelled around Europe for about six months. In Denmark, I thought that was my chance to get an amazing haircut, so I went to what I thought was a great hairdresser. It turned out to be the car wash of hairdressers, and I walked out sporting yet another pudding bowl, but this time with a stripe bleached down the centre.
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That's what I like about Neil Jordan's films: everyone is better at what they do than you are.
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This life and this job and this position that I'm put in, it forces you to grow up quick. I definitely got dropped in the deep end.
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Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows 'I am!' No one can deny his own being.
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Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.
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The bottom line of Hollywood is money.
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Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be approached.
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The guitar for me is a translation device. It's not a goal. And in some ways, jazz isn't a destination for me. For me, jazz is a vehicle that takes you to the true destination - a musical one that describes all kinds of stuff about the human condition and the way music works.
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I was given away. If your mother gives you away, you think everybody who comes into your life is going to give you away.
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Protesters should make their own media and not rely on mainstream media to cover them.
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I've got a couple of Harleys and a couple of Ducatis.
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Writing has been as difficult for me as for people who don't like to write and as little fun.
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There comes a point in nearly every book event I've done when a little feminist revolt stirs inside the crowd.
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The line between life or death is determined by what we are willing to do.
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A writer wants something more than money for his work: he wants permanence.
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I don't want to be a Major League coach.
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Achievement results from work realizing ambition.
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I am not interested in producing fiction for Indian television at all, the reason being that I don't understand the medium. I can be a judge or a host; I can do that as an individual. But to produce TV content, you have to know the game.
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I think if you work with different kinds of codes, attitudes, in the end you have a language. It's like within a person. You are not always the same.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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Make your money on the buy, not the sell; this is true in any investment whether it's real estate, business, or the stock market.
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I met lots of people who felt it was important to give voice to immigrants and refugees. Once I started working in journalism, I found more opportunities. One great benefit is traveling and meeting interesting people. As a journalist, you can call up anyone and ask to interview them, meet them, and learn things.
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My writing voice is a little quirkier, more singer-songwriter-y than the Top 40 stuff I cover.
