Victor Koo Quotes
If Youku had adopted YouTube's business model, we just would not be here. We would not exist.
Quotes to Explore
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Jazz vision for me is seeing my art in musical term. It offers me an visual expressions in an ever-changing musical palette.
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I love being a part of country music. I love going out and... doing things for the first time for country music. I always enjoy that.
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The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.
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We are well aware of the task ahead of us in what will be a very difficult match but which we all dream of playing.
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Some people are used to having things done for them by her parents, I am not. I can do it myself.
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It's not like I didn't do anything for 10 years and chose a new profession. I've been on the ice a lot. I'm not an outsider.
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I am musical and I enjoy theatre, but I never wanted to just do theatre. I always wanted to go into film. I love film. I loved growing up in the theatre, but I always wanted to do film all along. But, I still pursue music separately.
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I've been a big astrophysics nut since I was 12. I have always had a real soft spot for the bizarreness of quantum mechanics. But I gave up on being a scientist in high school - I'm just not that good at math.
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My biggest fears aren't with my work. My biggest fears are walking through hospital doors. Once you can face that, being fearless about your work is easy.
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I often get ideas for songs on the tour bus at odd times. Like at 6am when no one is around, I'd just write.
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Usually when I take my films to festivals, I feel incredibly anxious about them. I wonder how it will be received, how the audience will react. I feel deeply responsible for them.
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My first paying job, when I was 15, I was a day camp counselor.
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Basically, I tend to see the world differently to other people, and I write books and stories to alter the imagination of people so that they also see the world in a different way.
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I knew I wanted considerable education so that I wouldn't have to work as hard as my parents.
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I can tell more about my weaknesses than my strengths.
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I support the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.
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The most famous Obama precept is, 'No drama.'
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I think songwriting is the ultimate form of being able to make anything that happens in your life productive.
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I do a lot of yoga, and that definitely helps. And Pilates is so good for your legs.
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My job when I'm acting in a movie is very limited to playing a role. I'm not evaluating somebody. I'm only evaluating them insofar as they're interacting with me, but I'm not evaluating their skill set and I don't watch the movies, so I'm not aware of the way they're putting things together.
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My mom, who's been in the restaurant business for 40 years, is the number-one influence in my life. But I look up to a lot of people in the industry. Tops on my list is Mario Batali. My mom and Mario taught me the same lesson: Food is love.
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Early in my career, I sometimes found it difficult to make the tough people decisions - I had to learn that. In business, you want to listen. You want to learn. You want to make sure you're not proceeding without information. But if you wait too long, you can actually hurt an organization even more.
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Soccer is the most difficult business that we're in, because one day you're on top, and the next day you're very low.
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If Youku had adopted YouTube's business model, we just would not be here. We would not exist.
