"I didn't do anything differently than what my father was doing. It's a really hard family to rebel in. I could have become an accountant. Or I could have become a Republican."

-- Justin Townes Earle

#Father Quotes #Rebel Quotes #Republican Quotes

“Like many highly educated people, I didn't have much in the way of actual skills.”

Source : J. Maarten Troost (2004). “The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific”, Broadway
“The real investment in life is not so much in the house you have, or the car. Your real investment is what you carry in the heart, and if you carry that passion for anything that you do, then nothing can really stop you. You enjoy the greater moments of everything,”

Source : "Explorer Mike Horn: Your Real Investment In Life Is Not Your House Or Your Car" by Alison Zaslav, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 4, 2014.
“I watch everything from independent art-house cinema to foreign film. I don't watch as many Hollywood blockbusters but once in a while, I'm curious. I like to see what's out there.”

Source : "Cherien Dabis: Writer, Director, Accidental Actress". Interview with Katherine Cusumano, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 19, 2014.
“If a story is funny, and I made it up, then the big message is, `Aren't I clever?' .. If a story is funny and it actually happened, the big message is, `Isn't the world funny?' And actually I think that's a better message. I kind of want to think that about the world -- and it sounds less like boasting.”
“I personally go to the airport looking like a homeless person, because I think people will leave me alone. But I dress myself with my luggage - all my luggage matches.”
“Death and worse happened on the plains.”
“I think everybody that grows up in Florida, you've got a little chip on your shoulder. It's not as bad as people think it is, but it's pretty bad. When you go to other places you're just like, "Oh, god. What was that about?"”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Great companies donâ€™t hire skilled people and motivate them, they hire already motivated people and inspire them. People are either motivated or they are not. Unless you give motivated people something to believe in, something bigger than their job to work toward, they will motivate themselves to find a new job and youâ€™ll be stuck with whoeverâ€™s left.”

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