Taylor Jenkins Reid Quotes
Notice the times in your life when you go above and beyond simply because you care so much.
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Your Highest Self is not just an idea that sounds lofty and spiritual. It is a way of being. It is the very first principle that you must come to understand and embrace as you move toward attracting to you that which you want and need for this parenthesis in eternity that you know as your life.
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I know exactly what my values are and what I love to do. That's worth additional years right there. I say no to a lot of stuff that would be easy money but deviates from my meaning of life.
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If you're famous, you're not free.
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The beautiful thing about working with new instruments is that you sort of approach it with a fresh perspective.
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There is a machismo about an American male who is robust, athletic, able to build things, and he takes care of stuff. And it's a point of pride.
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If you learn the craft, you can make a movie and get by with tricks.
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After I was assaulted in Egypt, I learned fear. I've just never been so scared in my life. I've never been so close to death.
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I tried for years to get an agent because I was told you needed an agent. The agent-hunting process was grim indeed.
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When I was a kid, the miracles of my life were the Resurrection, a candlelight service on New Year's Eve, the Virgin Birth, and the Three Wise Men.
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The things that drive me are poverty, and pain, and knowing that I don't want to end up being alone and I want to do something with my life and I want the name Dobson to remain in everyone's heads. Basically, just to rock and be the best performer I can be, and be true, and be real, and give people the real Fefe, nothing fake, all real.
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Most of the umpires, it's amazing: 98 percent of them will not hold a grudge. I always felt a couple of them did. I never wanted to argue with an umpire in my life.
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Be kind to one another. You may need each other when you are older.
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I really like boats. If you want to go somewhere, you just take your house with you.
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You must not lean on a tree on Sabbath, if the tree might be dependent on you for support.
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If you are explaining, you are losing.
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You must go after your wish. As soon as you start to pursue a dream, your life wakes up and everything has meaning.
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Movies like that aren't about the visual effects and explosions. They're human stories about family, about life, about death.
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In Denver, I was a homebody, and that's a life I'd chosen with great happiness. I wanted that break from the arc lights and focus on building a lovely home, have some fun, look after my kids and do things that I had missed out on while pursuing my dream.
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I was probably 21 or 22 years old when I realized the prose that I live by, which is, 'You get what you give.' The more good deeds that you could do in your life, the more fulfilling and enriched your life is going to be. I truly believe that.
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Writers always have confidence issues - it comes with the territory. We never know where we fit in, or what the actual value of our work might be. So we hit lulls, or slogs. Throw in the idea that many creative people are somewhat manic-depressive, and it can get pretty dark at times.
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I actually wrote my first zombie book way before I got the job on 'Saturday Night Live.'
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Being exposed to different production environments in Korea, Japan and the U.S. was a great experience, and each system allows you to quench your thirst in a different way.
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Notice the times in your life when you go above and beyond simply because you care so much.
