- Guitar
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- Nov 07, 2020
You Quotes
Quotes that speak straight to you.
This collection gathers quotes framed around 'you' - from candid reflections on body image pressures passed down in families to observations about how humor can mask real vulnerability. Many touch on how what you know about yourself differs from how others perceive you.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
You're a sitting duck in a mall if you're a celebrity. It's like that scene from 'Guarding Tess,' I think it is, where Shirley MacLaine goes to the mall just to feel good about her celebrity.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're with somebody as iconic as Mick Jagger or John Fogerty, I'm really aware that, in asking these guys to collaborate with me, I don't want to add a footnote to their career that's like, 'Shouldn't' have done that.' It's important to make sure that they're well represented.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Less really is more. It's a tendency of beginning writers to want to prove what they're talking about by going too far with description. I think you've got to keep it short, crisp and clean.
- Fan Mail
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some of the best fan mail I get are from our men and women in the military and intelligence communities. They say, 'Boy you do your homework, this is exactly how we're doing it.'
- Cornered
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- Nov 07, 2020
From the political angle, I'm trying to be apolitical if you will. I mean people say, 'Are you a red state or blue state?', I say, 'I'm purple.' I think there are great ideas on both sides of the aisle and neither side has cornered the market.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you grow up with a name like Brad Thor, people expect you to be 6-foot-4 and a pile of muscles.
- Coolest Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you hear a banjo through stutter edit, it's the coolest thing you ever heard.
- Business World
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- Nov 07, 2020
Authors should do multiple submissions to agents. I mean, that's the way the business world works and whether or not the industry likes it or not, they can't stop you from submitting to multiple agents and you know what? If an agent misses out on you because they took too long with your query letter, tough luck for them.
- How
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a lot less faith in the system. You really don't understand how swampy it is until you get here.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yeah, I would not want a foreign entity to meddle in our election; you know, a government. Yeah, I mean, I wouldn't want that; I'm American.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
You want a great product, you want things that resonate with people and make them dance.
- Fall
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm the cog in the middle that makes it all turn together. And if you pull me out, a lot of other cogs start to fall.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020