Brian Tracy Quotes
Aspire greatly; anything less than a commitment to excellence becomes an acceptance of mediocrity.
Quotes to Explore
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I throw ideas out into the open when I really should just be writing them down in a journal.
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I kind of found a niche for myself after 'Firefly'. I found something that I enjoyed doing and that I did well, but as far as how I seek out a part, it's always different. It's always something that lights you on fire when you read it. It might be just one scene, it might be one line that defines the character for you.
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The biographical novel is a true and documented story of one human being's journey across the face of the years, transmuted from the raw material of life into the delight and purity of an authentic art form.
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I'm for absolute autonomy of the individual, and an adult, competent woman has absolute autonomy. It's her choice.
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You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear.
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The productivity now at universities is terrible. Tenure is a terrible idea. It keeps them around forever and they don't have to work hard.
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Being Jewish is a big part of my artistic sensibility and my humor... I think it gives me a certain take on the world on a literary level.
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I think the comic that's gotten me the most feedback is actually the one about the stoplights. Noticing when the stoplights are in sync, or calculating the length of your strides between floor tiles – normal people notice that kind of stuff, but a certain kind of person will do some calculations.
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I'm not graceful.
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I love thinking about the film, the project and committing myself as much as possible.
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A resilient culture has a certain amount of resistance embedded in it. Not so much to capsize it, but enough so that it doesn't atrophy.
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We do not have to accept the world as we find it. And we have a responsibility to leave our world a better place and never walk by on the other side of injustice.
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A lot of the things I was doing on the first couple Washed Out releases was very naive.
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I will come up with a project that will wipe out poverty in the Philippines in two years. I want to remove the people from economic crisis by using the Marcos wealth. Long after I'm gone, people will remember me for building them homes and roads and hospitals and giving them food.
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If I played tennis, I had to be in a dance class. I always had multiple activities, so I never had to count on any one of them to feel successful.
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In a play, you dictate pace, you dictate rhythm, you dictate when people look at you, when people should be looking at something else. In film, the editor does that.
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I used to say that I didn't want anything to do with e-mail. It seemed really impersonal, complicated and weird. I had no idea what an amazing way it is to reach people.
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I don't feel badly about that. There's a lot of energy on the golf course. The guys are playing great. I like the pairings in the afternoon. I'm going to take what we've got.
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I am tortured when I am away from my family, from my children. I am horribly guilt-ridden.
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Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.
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There is no excellence without labor. One cannot dream oneself into either usefulness or happiness.
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Obviously, the hit singles get the biggest reaction - that's when you can see people really getting excited.
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The most difficult thing in the world is to know how to do a thing and to watch someone else do it wrong without comment.
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Aspire greatly; anything less than a commitment to excellence becomes an acceptance of mediocrity.
