Phil Klay Quotes

I'm generally not a fan of didactic art because it papers over many of the hard experiences about war or anything else in life. I wanted to explore various aspects of the experience without an eye towards delivering any particular message.

Phil Klay

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LifeArtExperienceWarEyeExplore

The shelf life of the modern hardback writer is somewhere between the milk and the yogurt.

John Mortimer

LifeMilkSomewhereModernYogurt

There're a lot of rules to basketball.

Amar'e Stoudemire

BasketballRulesLot

Instead, I have an abundance mentality: When people are genuinely happy at the successes of others, the pie gets larger.

Stephen Covey

HappyPeoplePieAbundanceOthers

We have responsibilities for others, not just across space but across time. We have responsibilities to people who came before us. They left us a world of institutions, ideas or possibilities for which we, in turn, owe them something. One of the things we owe them is not to squander them.

Tony Judt

TimeSpacePeopleIdeasWorldTurn

I love Andrew Weatherall; he's so real and uncompromising and a sweetheart.

Roisin Murphy

LoveRealSweetheartHeI Love

It's fairly common knowledge that a startup can't execute on two products simultaneously.

Michael Seibel

KnowledgeTwoProductsExecute

No person, no place, and no thing has any power over us, for 'we' are the only thinkers in our mind. When we create peace and harmony and balance in our minds, we will find it in our lives.

Louise L. Hay

PowerPeaceBalanceMindCreate

Mostly I've been inspired by my mother. She is extremely driven and always makes every endeavour sound exciting. I think most of the things I've accomplished are a result of knowing her.

Christopher Masterson

MotherThinkResultKnowingShe

The first music I ever got into was the '80s alternative bands that my brother listened to, like The Cure and The Smiths and R.E.M. and Fugazi. I can remember specifically saying The Cure was my favorite band back in second grade.

Conor Oberst

MusicBrotherSayingRememberBack

I'm not really conservative. I'm conservative on certain things. I believe in less government. I believe in fiscal responsibility and all those things that maybe Republicans used to believe in but don't any more.

Clint Eastwood

ResponsibilityGovernmentBelieve

I almost failed drama at school. I hated it. It was all about the history of theatre.

Brenton Thwaites

HistorySchoolTheatreDramaAlmost

When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults.

Brian Aldiss

ChildhoodDiesCorpses

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