Dan Colen Quotes
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Not all ideas will be accepted, but every idea deserves its own space, and every idea deserves to be expressed.
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Whatever God or whatever higher power you believe in, they brought us to this earth in a perfect way, and you have to learn to love yourself. Otherwise, it's an exhausting way to be.
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I do most of my reading on the train ride to and from work. But I always have a book in my handbag so that I can read at any time, anywhere.
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I was very influenced by movies; I was very influenced by a world that had a sense of dream.
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Movies are a director's medium, and they end up getting less credit than actors. They get the flak if the movie doesn't do well, and the actor walks away with most of the credit if the film does well.
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If you want to change things, it requires bravery.
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The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
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Coming out of college with a degree in fine arts and painting isn't worth much any more.
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We should have completed the fight in Afghanistan instead of starting a new war in Iraq.
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I always loved advertising. If I hadn't been in fashion, I'd have been in advertising.
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I can't read novels while I'm writing a novel, because somebody's voice creeps in.
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I had seen some films made about the underground music world in Tehran, and most of them were short documentaries about 30 or 40 minutes long. And I always wondered why they weren't publicized more. Really, their only flaw was they were short documentaries.
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I do not accept the right of big powers to change governments as and when it affects their interests.
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We always saw ourselves in careers as entrepreneurs or angels.
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It wasn't my dream to make music. It was just something I ended up doing, and no one said stop.
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I used to be affected by criticism thrown at me, and I would get really down. But I got to a point where I just decided to go for it, no matter what negativity is around you.
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The Fiction Writer's Co-op has 51 members, from celebrated NYT bestsellers to promising newcomers, and a waiting list.
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I listen to a mixture of old jazz, contemporary, pop, some world beat stuff and various odds and ends.
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How bold one gets when one is sure of being loved.
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Jose Mourinho has been really clear about what he expects from me, saying he wants me working hard rather than just scoring. Hard work is what he values.
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Head Start is crucial to the development of many of the children in my district.
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I'm like a junkie for writing.
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All's well that ends well; which is the epitaph I should put on my tombstone if I were the last man left alive.
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It takes a lot of help - nature, friends, family, craftsmen - for me to make what I make.
