Bright Light Bright Light (Rod Thomas) Quotes
I like being immersed in other peoples’ situations, I find that very inspiring. I don’t like to look inwards too much when I’m starting to think about records or different songs. I’m a keen observer. It’s endlessly fascinating.
Quotes to Explore
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In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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I was always very determined and ambitious, and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff, but I didn't know really know what I would do to get there.
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Exposure to a diversity of disciplines has been exceptionally helpful to me.
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I don't know the right way to retire.
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You can't create a monster, then whine when it stomps on a few buildings.
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I love sailing but hate cruise ships.
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IQ is a commodity, data is a commodity. I'm far more interested in watching people interact at a restaurant with their smartphone. We can all read 'Tech Crunch,' 'Ad Age.' I would rather be living in the trenches. I would rather be going to Whole Foods in Columbus Circle to watch people shop with their smartphones.
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Anything that I can do with Jennie Garth, I would love to do it. I really like her. I got along with her really well, and I enjoyed her perspective on life. I think she's really talented and very, very funny.
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I always try to live in the moment.
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Questions and answers is a big space, and there are lots of possible systems that you can create for different goals.
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You make a movie with some people, you become friends over the process of making this movie and then... you go your own way.
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Sometimes I wonder if suicides aren't in fact sad guardians of the meaning of life.
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I had phenomenal parents. They kept me very grounded, and I lived a normal life.
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Are we really so far from the Victorians? Much of what our society holds important was shaped in the 19th century.
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There will be times when you just can't seem to land an acting job, and you feel like giving up. Don't! The only way to realise that dream is to keep working hard for it.
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Logic is neither a science nor an art, but a dodge.
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Why must everybody like you?
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There is a reality - so subtle that it becomes more real than reality. That's what I'm trying to get down in photography.
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My dad taught me how to fish. When I am stand in a trout stream now, and I have the waders on, and I've got a fly rod in my hand, or I am fishing for bass, I think of sitting in a boat with my dad. How can that be a bad experience?
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Perseverance is a positive, active characteristic.
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Serendipity always rewards the prepared.
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I tend to think that the best face of humanity is that we learn. We explore, we study, we think.
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I like being immersed in other peoples’ situations, I find that very inspiring. I don’t like to look inwards too much when I’m starting to think about records or different songs. I’m a keen observer. It’s endlessly fascinating.
