Trent Reznor Quotes
For me, 'The Social Network' isn't about Facebook. It certainly isn't about how people use it. It's about a flawed character and his pursuit of that grand idea that defines him and validates his life and how far he'll go to get it, and the repercussions that come as a result of that - what he gives up in the process.
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You know, it's a hugely difficult thing to take any work of art or drawing and say 'make that real.'
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Karaoke is something that's near and dear and very close to my heart. I was a karaoke host when I was working my way through university. I was a full-time student and karaoke was my night job.
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When I first came out with my fans and the wind hit me, I almost took off.
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Beauty pageants work as a platform from where you can reach out to many.
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I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected.
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Judges can determine fair justice far better than any inane federal mandate.
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People say I have my own Cinderella story, and in a way, I guess I do.
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There's this perception sometimes around here that I'm this Hollywood guy.
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In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.
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Before I got into grad school, I used to work as a deck hand on these ferry boats in San Francisco, and they did day tours. It wasn't a bad job. I made decent money. But you were sitting down all day, tying up the boat, wiping it down. For some guys, that's a dream job, but for me it was kind of torture.
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Winning, you can overlook so many things.
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A hit film is what we work for as actors, as that goes to show that we have managed to entertain our audiences who shower us with their love and affection throughout the years.
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I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.
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The U.N.'s impartiality allows it to negotiate and operate in some of the toughest places in the world. And time and again, studies have shown that U.N. peacekeeping is far more effective and done with far less money than what any government can do on its own.
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My writing books with positive gay characters has come more out of anger than anything else: anger at not having been able to find honest, accurate books about people like myself as a teen, books that show we're as diverse as straight people and that we can lead happy, healthy, productive lives just as straight people can.
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My idea of fast food is a mallard.
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Ironically, the original Detroit Stock Exchange once sat less than a thousand feet from StockX headquarters here in downtown Detroit. It is only fitting that we are going to build the next iteration of the world's most efficient market invention almost in the same spot.
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My mother taught me to drive using the 'Detroit Method,' where speed limits and traffic lights are taken as cute suggestions.
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There is a huge opportunity in the intermarriage trend. These are people who, if you show them how vital the community is and how great it is to raise kids Jewish, these people are going to raise their kids Jewish. Ultimately, that's all that matters.
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And who is any of us, that without starvation he can go through the kingdoms of starvation?
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You can almost judge how screwed up somebody is by the kind of toilet paper they use. Go in any rich house and it's some weird coloured embossed stuff.
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I've been on my grandfather's boat, Calypso, twice in my life. My mother raised me in a pretty typical middle-class life.
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I love all people; I hate no one.
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For me, 'The Social Network' isn't about Facebook. It certainly isn't about how people use it. It's about a flawed character and his pursuit of that grand idea that defines him and validates his life and how far he'll go to get it, and the repercussions that come as a result of that - what he gives up in the process.
