"You pretend to be more eccentric than you actually are because you worry you are an interchangeable cog."

-- Douglas Coupland

#Worry Quotes #Cogs Quotes #Eccentric Quotes

“Do we settle on a regional team because we can go to its ballpark and see its games on television? Or do we choose a team as our favorite because it has an especially appealing player, a Barry Bonds or an Ichiro?”
“Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.”
“A director in Hollywood in my time couldn't do what he wanted to do.”

Source : "The Essentials: Douglas Sirk", www.indiewire.com. April 26, 2013.
“I have grown tired of the articulate utterances of men and things. The Mystical in Art, the Mystical in Life, the Mystical in Nature this is what I am looking for. It is absolutely necessary for me to find it somewhere.”
“I will eliminate hatred, envy, jealousy, selfishness, and cynicism, by developing love for all humanity, because I know that a negative attitude toward others can never bring me success. I will cause others to believe in me, because I will believe in them, and in myself.”
“Roger speaking to Brianna: It's too important. You don't forget having a dad." You do remember your father?" No. I remember yours.”
“Borges said there are only four stories to tell: a love story between two people, a love story between three people, the struggle for power and the voyage. All of us writers rewrite these same stories ad infinitum.”
“Don't look back. Just go ahead. Give ideas away. Under every idea there's a new idea waiting to be born.”

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