Tyler Farr Quotes
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Words should have the power to inform and to move, not the power to send people scurrying away. But if you attach that much emotional energy to a word, it gives people the power to hurt each other.
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I'm lucky. Usually you're dead to get your own museum, but I'm still alive to see mine.
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I want to be part of the resurgence of things that are tangible, beautiful and soulful, rather than just give in to the digital age. But when I talk to people about this they just say, 'Yeah, I know what you mean,' and stare at their mobiles.
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Yoga is a life-saver.
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You never know what movie I will be in next, but let's just hope it's sells (for my sake at least)!
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A writer is, after all, only half his book. The other half is the reader and from the reader the writer learns.
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Writing, film, sculpture, music: it's all make-believe, really.
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Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart.
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When you are already in Detroit, you don't have to take a bus to get there.
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Look at the way sports, music and film have become driving forces of popular culture. Fashion is the fourth pillar.
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Every human being makes mistakes.
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The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.
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I'm a big believer you should design work around a vast majority of people who want to do the right thing rather than around the tiny minority who might take advantage.
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I try to make my mood uplifting and peaceful, then watch the world around me reflect that mood.
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I can understand better than most the contradiction between the idealistic civilisation and religious morals of Europe and what they did with the slaves, because the root of the evil is only two generations away from me. Maybe this has fed my need to fight against the abuses of modern civilisation.
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If you think something is impossible, then it certainly is... for you.
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If people believe in your material, they will do whatever it takes to get it done. Even if they don't, but you make it as awesome an experience as possible, they will help you reach your goals.
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When you consider that there are a thousand ways to express even the simplest idea, it is no wonder writers are under a great strain. Writers care greatly how a thing is said - it makes all the difference. So they are constantly faced with too many choices and must make too many decisions. I am still encouraged to go on. I wouldn't know where else to go.
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The Google model of targeted advertising is appealing because it claims to cut down on waste. We need to ask how that efficiency can be brought to creative process.
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A soul is a troublesome possession, and when man developed it he lost the Garden of Eden.
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I am most anxious to get into my London painting-room, for I do not consider myself at work unless I am before a six-foot canvas. I have done a good deal of skying for I am determined to conquer all difficulties, and that among the rest.
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Whether people be of high or low birth, rich or poor, old or young, enlightened or confused, they are all alike in that they will one day die.
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That excites me, working with really excellent people, be it wonderful directors or actors or cinematographers and especially writers. My work life is going to a set and having these great experiences and coming home shifted by them.
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Just because you've got a hit doesn't mean you've made it.
