Terry Rossio Quotes & Sayings

#1. The resolve to diet is most easily summoned on a full stomach.

#2. You should quit trying only after two conditions have been met: 1.) You've given yourself a legitimate shot. 2.) Trying is no longer fun.

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#3. Once learned, the ability to disagree with a smile pays valuable dividends for a lifetime.

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#4. Most will choose to leave someone who can't bear to see them go.

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#5. It seems quite proper to fear achievement, which, after all, is proof that you've successfully moved an experience from the delightfully anticipated future into the forever and sadly lost past. Avoid as long as you can the ultimate indignity: a lifetime achievement award.

Terry Rossio

#6. My lousy way of getting it done is better than your great way of not doing it.

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#7. A child should have every advantage - including those taught by disadvantage.

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#8. It's easier to be old than young. You make just as many blunders, but you've become much more adept at not recognizing them.

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#9. It is a rare man who can prevail in the face of comfort. Freedom is fragile and elusive, for rarely does the appreciation of it exceed the pleasure of being able to tell others what to do. There is but one tick on the accuracy scale between 'optimism' and 'denial.'

Terry Rossio

#10. A fool harvests his opinions in the spring.

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#11. Talent is truth on display.

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#12. You are an adult when, faced with important decisions, you choose to have more faith in yourself than anything else.

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#13. Personal happiness is so important, most choose to let someone else take care of it.

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#14. How do we not rue the many unchosen paths in life? A blessed lack of imagination. There are enough real glories along any path to swamp our meager ability to picture alternatives.

Terry Rossio