Mark Duplass Quotes
I would say if you have a dream - and whether that is you want to be some sort of artist, or you want to start a start-up or a business, anything that very much feels like it's uniquely yours and you may not be able to get traction going through traditional channels - the way to do it is to build it brick by brick on your own in microsteps.
Quotes to Explore
-
To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always known where it will end.
-
Any people attempting to govern themselves by laws of their own making, and by officers of their own appointment, are in direct rebellion against the kingdom of God.
-
I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
-
If you're going to sell stock and somebody wants to buy it at a price and that price is not a price you dictate, but demand dictates, sell it to them now.
-
What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.
-
I say I haven't lost my religion. I've lost my ideology.
-
World War II was a decisive time in our history and June 6, 1944, marked the decisive moment of the war.
-
Each book tends to have its own identity rather than the author's. It speaks from itself rather than you. Each book is unlike the others because you are not bringing the same voice to every book. I think that keeps you alive as a writer.
-
A Commander-in-Chief needs to do two things. One - tell us who the enemy is. And two - say we are fighting to win.
-
I never thought for a second that anything I ever did was going to make someone cringe. That never occurred to me.
-
As my other obligations are beginning to take an inordinate amount of time, I have asked to step down as WMG's board chairman, effective January 31, 2012. However, I will remain a director of the company and in that way, continue my association with Warner Music and its extraordinary people.
-
People don't want to serve apprenticeships any more. Kids expect to be paid and treated really well and all that guff before they've achieved anything. It doesn't work like that. You have to spend five or six years being relatively rubbish and put up with it. For that you don't deserve to be getting lottery money.
-
I have never seen a bad television program, because I refuse to. God gave me a mind, and a wrist that turns things off.
-
For me to go to a restaurant and eat something that is not only good, but totally new, is a double thrill. Double the enjoyment.
-
My first priority is trying to protect my family.
-
The concept of two people living together for 25 years without a serious dispute suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.
-
And all for love, and nothing for reward.
-
For me, writing time has always been precious, something I wait for and am eager for and make the best use of. That's probably why I get up so early and have writing time in the quiet dawn hours, when no one needs me.
-
The culture is eating nature; it's overpowering storytelling. Movies are turning into games - it's abut the image, not nuance.
-
If you don't like me, life goes on, you know what I mean? But I hope you do like me. Because I think that in addition to being pushy, I'm nice.
-
You can't climb up to the second floor without a ladder. When you set your aim too high and don't fulfill it, then your enthusiasm turns to bitterness. Try for a goal that's reasonable, and then gradually raise it.
-
I say the last 10 percent of the way to perfection takes so much of your life that it isn't worth the effort. This overzealous attitude is what creates religious fanatics, body Nazis, and athletes who are exceedingly dull to converse with.
-
I would say if you have a dream - and whether that is you want to be some sort of artist, or you want to start a start-up or a business, anything that very much feels like it's uniquely yours and you may not be able to get traction going through traditional channels - the way to do it is to build it brick by brick on your own in microsteps.
