Kurt Busiek Quotes
Mainly, what I like to do is keep things varied and not get in a rut, not tell the same stories over and over.
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Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest without admitting that its constructive contribution to humanity is exactly minus zero.
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I am fighting vigorously for less spending, less waste and limited government. I strongly believe that the more government grows, the less freedom Americans have.
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Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.
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C Kalyan has been amazing and totally committed as a producer.
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I'm an all-things-in-moderation kind of person. I do eat a warm donut occasionally. I especially enjoy a cider donut when I'm apple picking. I don't think there's anything wrong with that.
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If you don't want to deal with them, fine. But don't hamper other people from dealing with them.
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When I write a goal down - and I truly write them down - it becomes a part of me. That's a contract that I sign with myself to say, 'I don't care what happens - I'm going to stay on this path. I'm going to try and see this through; I'm going to give it my best shot, my best effort.'
Gail Devers -
Our trouble is that we drink too much tea. I see in this the slow revenge of the Orient, which has diverted the Yellow River down our throats.
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My way of getting the best from people on a set is to notice their work, to make every prop master, every seamstress, part of 'The Newsroom' or 'The West Wing' or 'Steve Jobs.'
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My mom had me when she was 19 or 20. And my father was 22 or something. They were working on whatever they could, both of them aiming to be actors in theater.
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I remember when my mother, Shyamala Harris, bought our first home. I was thirteen. She was so proud, and my sister and I were so excited. Millions of Americans know that feeling of walking through the front door of their own home for the first time - the feeling of reaching for opportunity and finding it.
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You can't second-guess yourself as a filmmaker.
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It's very irresponsible to deny the reality of a problem to see whether it might stop existing.
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You can choose not to sit on the fence. You can choose not to criticise. You must stand as guard at the door of your own mind and choose to be positive.
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I'm a believer in paying your dues.
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I think people try so hard to learn everything that they miss all the wonderful essentials. There is so much mystery in life that you should leave a mystery.
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On average, people should be more skeptical when they see numbers. They should be more willing to play around with the data themselves.
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I cried when I heard Johnny Carson died.
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The state remains, as it was in the beginning, the common enemy of all well-disposed, industrious and decent men.
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Anybody who pretends to be objective isn't realistic.
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What interests me is the surprising enormous extent to which most people accept the fate that's been given to them, and find some dignity.
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Don't get me wrong, magic is cool. But a nervous mother singing to her child at night while something moves quietly through the dark outside her house? That's a story. Handled properly, it's more dramatic than any apocalypse or goblin army could ever be.
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Confidence is a habit that can be developed by acting as if you already had the confidence you desire to have.
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Mainly, what I like to do is keep things varied and not get in a rut, not tell the same stories over and over.
