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“You cannot let a fear of failure or a fear of comparison or a fear of judgment stop you from doing what’s going to make you great. You cannot succeed without this risk of failure. You cannot have a voice without the risk of criticism and you cannot love without the risk of loss.”
Source : “‘Don’t give a sh—‘ and other valuable advice from Charlie Day to grads” by Brenna Ehrlich, www.mtv.com. April 21, 2014.
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“I only want to do good projects. I want to make good decisions. If it's just a dumb movie, then no, I'd rather stay in school. But if it's a movie worth telling and that I think I would really benefit from, then I would like to do it. And that's one of the reasons I still live in Colorado. I love being with my family and going to school, and then when I come out to L.A., that is the time to be in the movies. People ask me the questions, I do the promotion work, then I get to go back home and live my life.”
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“It's how creativity works. Especially in humans. For every good idea, ten thousand idiotic ones must first be posed, sifted, tried out, and discarded. A mind that's afraid to toy with the ridiculous will never come up with the brilliantly original.”
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“The Steps to Folly as well as Sin are gradual, and almost imperceptible, and when we are once on the Decline, we go down without taking notice on't.”
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“My duty is not affected by what others may or may not do to discharge their own.”
Source : David Weber (2002). “On Basilisk Station”, p.86, Baen Books
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“It's been a lifetime of trying to have less beef. Beef comes very naturally to me. I was born with my dukes up, but that's not always necessary anymore. I have to retrain myself.”
Source : Source: www.avclub.com
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“The Japanese couldn't have been all bad during World War II. Look at all the movies Hollywood was able to make on account of them. The Indians weren't the only bad guys. Thanks to the Japanese and Geronimo, John Wayne became a millionaire.”
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“You go through a process of refinement and getting rid of the excesses of your early youth in terms of your excitement about what theatre can do.”
Source : "Nothing is the hardest thing to do". Interview with Michael Billington, www.theguardian.com. February 12, 2003.