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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It is not faith per se that creates the problem; it is conviction, the notion that one cannot be wrong, that opposing views are necessarily invalid and may even be intolerable.
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Growing Ineos has been a lot of fun.
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Whenever there was a choice between music and anything else, music won hands down every time.
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THERE IS NEVER ANYTHING TO PRO-DUCE. In spite of all its materialist efforts, production remains a utopia. We can wear ourselves out in materializing things, in rendering them visible, but we will never cancel the secret. (p. 65)
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Up until about a hundred years ago, the world was dark at night. You got to have a real night so you could sleep.
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Just because you've got a hit doesn't mean you've made it.
