Trent Reznor Quotes
I become irritated when I am being written off as aloof or stand-offish when I'm shy and don't know what to say.
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Twenty games is the magic figure for pitchers - .300 is the magic figures for batters. It pays off in salary and reputation. And those are the two things that keep a ballplayer in business.
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I was born and raised in Essex, just outside London, to a financially comfortable, well-educated Pakistani family.
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How did I feel as a guy who was making a movie about a single mom who's a crackhead? That - I was scared. I mean, it was scary. But part of that's because it was so personal and real to me.
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If I'm trying to please every craze fan, then I can't. Of course, we all want to please the fans.
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He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.
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Film-makers must decide what story to tell and how to tell it.
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I'm Pisces with Leo rising. The Pisces part is the dreamer. The Leo says, 'Let's execute.'
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I think I'm good at training dogs, but none of my dogs agree with me on that.
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Every woman feels she is too old and has missed the boat.
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It's just like with people. You're going to get along better working with them - human or equine - if you ask politely rather than demand that they do things.
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It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say.
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The America's Cup is like driving your Lamborghini to the Grand Prix track to watch the charter buses race.
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When you're on your deathbed, you probably aren't counting the movies you've made.
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I have travelled and been pretty much a one man operation for most of my career, and I think it'll continue to be that way.
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I never went to class. That the university graduated me at all is an indictment of our educational system.
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The house that is built upon the sand will crumble at the first sign of a windstorm.
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A story has to have muscle as well as meaning, and the meaning has to be in the muscle.
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Why would I retire? Sit at home and watch TV? No thanks. I'd rather be out playing.
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I trust people who are violent about art, as long as they aren't closed-minded. But, unfortunately, most art blowhards are also art bigots.
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We thought a lot of the heavy metal stuff was ridiculous. And we still do. We didn't want to be Duran Duran either, so we were somewhere in the middle. We always felt a little bit different because we were never really part of any movement. People said what we were doing wasn't pure rock and stuff like that. Then we said, yeah, but what we did was better than pure rock.
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It seems like a contradiction, but the shy person who is a performer actually does make sense, because in a way, when you're young and shy, making people laugh is a good way to make friends. It's an instant connection.
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I become irritated when I am being written off as aloof or stand-offish when I'm shy and don't know what to say.
