I've Learned Quotes - Page 5

• Most people fear pain. I've learned that not feeling pain is a much more frightening proposition than feeling it. In fact, there are times when I'm playing when I actually enjoy it.

  Mark Zupan

  Pain, People, Feelings

  Mark Zupan, Tim Swanson (2009). “GIMP: The Story Behind the Star of Murderball”, p.7, Harper Collins

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• I've learned that in the theater the story is everything. Every lyric, every line and every musical gesture has to propel the journey of a given character or the overall plot.

  Trey Anastasio

  Character, Journey, Musical

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• I've learned to hate it when the cameras are pointed at me.

  Jake Lloyd

  Hate, Cameras, I've Learned

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I've learned over the years that the writing is smarter and far larger than the writer and his or her own desires for it.

  Andre Dubus

  Writing, Years, Desire

  Source: thekingsenglish.wordpress.com

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• I try to build the things so that they're fairly indestructible. I've learned from my mistakes and some of those units, even if human life disappears from the planet, will still be recognizable a thousand years from now abandoned somewhere in the woods.

  John Lindsay

  Mistake, Years, Trying

  Source: williamlittlesociology.wordpress.com

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• I've learned to do a movie and then not be in that place for a long time.

  Kirsten Dunst

  Long, I've Learned, Long Time

  "Melancholia - Kirsten Dunst interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• I've learned now to talk, act or walk famous. I can still walk around New York, without being molested or bothered. I don't mind autographs - that's part of it. I just do not see the point of being "out there" or behaving outrageously. It will bring nothing but trouble.

  Norah Jones

  New York, Mind, I've Learned

  "My Blueberry Nights - Norah Jones interview". Interview with Jack Foley, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• I've learned to be more reserved, watch what I'm saying; I got in a little bit of trouble. People tell me 'Never lose that, never lose that,' but then I get in trouble so I have to lose it. I'm trying to keep a little bit; I'm never going to lose who I am, I just gotta tone it down a little bit.

  Shia LaBeouf

  Who I Am, People, Trying

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• I don't know what I could say specifically, except that everything I've learned as a kid of course must somehow play into what I do now. I think when everything kind of drifted away, I had to go out into the world and learn how to emotionally be okay with all that, which to me was a decades-long process. But also I happened to find my way in life, to find a living, to figure out what I wanted to be when I grow up. I think all of that now probably helps me. It probably gives me more life experience to draw from.

  Jackie Earle Haley

  Growing Up, Kids, Thinking

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, film.avclub.com. March 4, 2009.

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• What I've learned during my life is that the near future is 90% identical to the present - if you buy a new car today, it'll probably still be on the road in 2022.

  Charles Stross

  Car, Today, Life Is

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. July 2, 2012.

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• Writers block: when I get it, it's because my subconscious spotted that I'd make a huge structural mistake in constructing a novel before my conscious mind became aware of it, and threw on the brakes. So I've learned not to sweat it: take two days off, then back up a chapter, read through, and try to work out why I'm suddenly uneasy about continuing.

  Charles Stross

  Mistake, Block, Sweat

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. July 02, 2012.

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• I come from a family and a heritage where you don't really go to therapy unless you're crazy. I want people to know that that's so not the case. It's enriching, and I've learned this new tool.

  Eva Mendes

  Crazy, People, Tools

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I certainly wasn't born with creative writing. Maybe there's a certain amount of learning and then it's up to the person. I think in the end it's your favourite books that are the best teachers. That's the way I've learned the most, by far.

  Markus Zusak

  Teacher, Book, Writing

  Source: estellabooks.blogspot.com

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• I've learned from life experiences. If you go through certain things, you're able to pull from them.

  Monica Potter

  Able, I've Learned, Life Experience

  Source: deadline.com

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• I've been able to tour because of my music and I've learned a lot about myself while on the road. I think some of the imagery of my writing are snapshots of where I've been and my feelings about the world.

  Aesop Rock

  Writing, Thinking, Feelings

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I've learned I don't like being around people too much. It's hard to stand around and make conversation with people I've learned. But I do want to be the guy that can do it easily.

  Aesop Rock

  People, Guy, Want

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• So it became in my mind a nine-carol service; an oratorio and orchestral concert all in one, but with narration. That's something I've learned about, because it's the story that keeps you in there. I wrote a libretto and I gave it to John Du Prez. We normally don't work in this fashion but I said off you go, and he went off for about three months. He brought me back this demo which blew my mind.

  Eric Idle

  Fashion, Years, Mind

  "Not The Messiah (He's A Very Naughty Boy) - Eric Idle interview". Interview, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• I've... learned that it's a hell of a lot easier to just build something than to try to convince somebody who doesn't believe it's possible.

  Paul Baran

  Believe, Trying, I've Learned

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• Here's what I've learned: that someone can change the course of history with a box cutter.

  Carrie Fisher

  I've Learned, Boxes, Cutters

  "What I've Learned: Carrie Fisher" by Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

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• As a street artist, I'm used to sharing my stuff with the public. It's a communal experience. I've learned not to be so precious, but rather to enjoy the process.

  Shepard Fairey

  Artist, Stuff, I've Learned

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• You don't have that much choice in your life, which is one of the big lessons I've learned. I was going to be a designer whether I wanted to be a designer or not. So there I was.

  Donna Karan

  Choices, Lessons, I've Learned

  Interview with Calvin Klein, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 27, 2009.

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• I've learned that if you can keep it calm and keep it fun and loose, then that allows for ideas from the crew. I don't care where an idea comes from, whether it's the crew or my producer or the actors or anybody. I just want it to be fun, and if that's the case, then I think you make a better movie.

  Will Packer

  Fun, Thinking, Ideas

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

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• I think the biggest lesson that I've learned is that no one owes you anything. It doesn't matter if you've worked with this person, or you have a piece of work that you think is great. It doesn't mean they're going to agree with you and give you money to do it.

  Reagan Gomez-Preston

  Mean, Thinking, Giving

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• I've learned that I shouldn't shrink from success. Though honestly I thought they'd be knocking on my door years ago.

  Ariel Pink

  Doors, Years, I've Learned

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Character is too deep to catch in a single storyline. What really moves us - what makes the great stories, and there aren't so many of them - is the inevitability of character. The destiny. All we see is the arc. We'll never penetrate the secrets of the living, let alone the dead. I've spent my whole life trying to understand people, and all I've learned is that the deeper we look, the greater the mystery. At the core, each person is unknowable. Maybe that's the soul? I have to respect that. The mystery, in fact, is what I've loved the most, in people and in stories as well.

  Sandra Scofield

  Moving, Character, Destiny

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