Daniel Pinchbeck Quotes
I think that the more people go through their own personal initiations, the less collective destruction may be unleashed on the planet.
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I've done quite a few things based on real events or real people, and I think that's always really interesting that you can read about them or, if you're lucky, you can meet them.
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People are predominant in my paintings. Although they are not obvious, you can feel their presence.
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I've always been interested in how people think, how they react to challenges in their lives - what makes people tick. I've also always been passionate about social issues and causes, and I wanted to make films that addressed important issues in very human terms.
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Gentrification always makes me laugh. People complain about traffic. Live in Atlanta! You can't have it both ways; you can't live in an incredible city and not expect it to get congested.
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People say, 'How does having kids change your writing? Do you see the world through their eyes?' No - you just become a faster songwriter... In the old days, you'd be like, 'Oh I'm gonna work on this song for a few days.'
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I'm not confident around compliments or being celebrated, and I'm not comfortable with the thought of envy, which some people thrive on.
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A lot of people forget how important it is to be creative. We get caught up in getting ahead and in day-to-day minutiae. But creativity is a fundamental mode of expression, as is being tenacious and standing by your own convictions and passions, even if it's not the 'popular' choice.
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There are hundreds of books about Woodrow Wilson, but I have an image of him in my mind that is unlike any picture I have seen anywhere else, based on material at Princeton and 35 years of researching and thinking about him.
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I think that's why often people in creative fields can feel so alone is because there's a constant third eye, that constant watcher.
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When people recognize your work and want to reward you for what you've done, that's a good feeling.
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I'm not one of those people who's so blinded by my own work and my sweat. It's kind of risky writing a memoir when you're really part of a larger universe.
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That case with my two sisters? That was a disaster. It was. They're really fine people. When my family and my two sisters' families - their children - grew up and so on, it just wasn't the same. But we took care of them very nicely.
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I love entertaining people, and I want to pursue it.
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I didn't invent forensic science and medicine. I just was one of the first people to recognize how interesting it is.
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There's something really wonderful about a party where you help yourself. Of course, first you get what you really want. But 'family style' service also really encourages people to connect with one another.
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Rich people march on Washington every day.
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It's so disappointing, to put it mildly, that people know so much about my life. Because it means that they're always trying to look at my books in terms of my life.
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English people are so trapped in this class paradigm.
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It was a new kind of class war - the people as citizens versus the politicians and their clients in the public sector.
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One way to bring down crime in the state of California and every state in the union is to have an enforceable border. That means let's build that border fence. When people want to come into this country, let's ask them to knock on the front door.
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The degree of one's emotion varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts – the less you know the hotter you get.
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I am a sucker for that childhood romance narrative.
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It's great when women support women. We need more women out there supporting women.
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I think that the more people go through their own personal initiations, the less collective destruction may be unleashed on the planet.
