Travis Beacham Quotes

I think, in general, as a writer, you can't really hide your values. They're always going to fall out onto the page, and I tend to trust that I don't have to force my ideals into the expression of what's going to happen naturally.

Travis Beacham

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TrustThinkYouValuesFallHide

On the movie side of things, the difficulties come with so few movies being made, and when they are, it seems that it's a marketing game. Story sometimes takes a backseat to that one grand marketing idea.

Jim Rash

GameStoryMarketingSometimesSide

I don't want to be no more than what I am.

Joe Frazier

I AmWantMoreThanAm

Pricey oil makes clear that wealth really is energy in various forms.

Robert Kiyosaki

EnergyWealthOilClearReally

I've had people following me home or standing outside my house. It's strange. I just don't think people were meant to be worshipped or idolised.

Matthew Morrison

HomePeopleMeThinkHouseStrange

I never really went to any concerts that I wasn't in.

Slick Rick

NeverConcertsAnyReally

Here we were supposedly changing the world for the better in the Sixties, but as we get 40 years further down the line, we realise that some of those changes such as the drugs probably weren't all that great or sensible. It was all about social experiments.

Steve Winwood

GreatWorldBetterDownChanges

Perhaps, more importantly, I think that most human beings realise only a fraction of the true potential of their minds, so the spiritual or mystical, the things which remain mysterious or unexplained have always drawn me to include them in any scheme for a novel.

Rose Tremain

SpiritualMeThinkPotentialTrue

A good heavy book holds you down. It's an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic.

Roy Blount, Jr.

GoodBookYouDownAnchorHeavy

Perhaps my favourite story is 'Le Passe-Muraille' by Marcel Ayme. It's about a guy who wakes up with a weird faculty that means he can walk through walls. He's a very shy clerk, and he uses it to get revenge, or vent his frustration.

Michel Gondry

WalkWallsRevengeFrustrationStory

I grew up poor in San Pedro, California, sleeping on the floor of shady motels with my five siblings and not always sure when or where I'd get my next meal.

Misty Copeland

SleepingPoorCaliforniaAlwaysMeal

You shouldn't say, 'Well, we cannot go there,' before we even had the conversation.

Lisa Murkowski

YouConversationGoSayWellCannot

I'm not a professional. Yet somehow, I manage to get away with it.

Chico Buarque

ProfessionalAwayGetManageSomehow

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