"In truth, the degree of anyone's success depends on how often they can say the word yes and hear the word no."

-- Chuck Palahniuk

#Degrees Quotes

“Too many people get credit for being good, when they are only being passive. They are too often praised for being broadminded when they are so broadminded they can never make up their minds about anything.”
“I really tried to make movies I wanted to see. I thought that if I was good enough, somebody would always need me.”
“Painting is a blind man's profession. He paints not what he sees, but what he feels, what he tells himself about what he has seen.”
“It's wrong to hate. It always has been wrong and it always will be wrong. It's wrong in America, it's wrong in Germany, it's wrong in Russia, it's wrong in China. It was wrong in 2000 B.C., and it's wrong in 1954 A.D. It always has been wrong, and it always will be wrong.”
“You are one miniscule piece of a never-ending cycle. In fact, you're not even a piece. You're just a holder for billions and billions of other pieces. Whether that's organic components, living organisms inside your body, bacteria or whatever it is, you're just part of the soup of the universe, so just try to enjoy what's good about it.”

Source : "Renaissance Man". Interview with Steph Daniels, www.sbnation.com. May 15, 2014.
“You try not to talk about the past too much as an artist. Instead, you focus on the continuity of your work.”
“Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn.”
“We are at full stop. We think we have arrived.”

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