Om Malik Quotes
Some media companies that rely on advertising revenue are tying journalist compensation to the traffic their story generates. It doesn't work because it de-prioritizes writing.
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I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man's pleasure when they come a cropper.
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Since 9/11, there has been a huge leap in people wanting to get personally involved in public service and international affairs.
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Some borrowers are pretty damn good at fraud.
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You can be an Olympic champion in 9.5 secs, but to be the greatest, there's more to it. It takes a bit of forethought and a lot of mental application.
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I would love to see as many of the black players as possible in today's Major League Baseball make every effort to go to the Negro Leagues Museum and get a first-hand view of how it all started.
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I've been a victim in every film I have done so far. It would be nice to play someone who doesn't get killed for once. Then again, I am getting really good at screaming and fake tears.
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I have been running since I was 7. I was trying to restructure the way my body was made instead of trying to master the way I ran. I would get so frustrated with my starts in practices that I would just cry. When I ran, I wouldn't even try to get out of the blocks, I would just run.
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The great opportunity belongs to him who can see it, to him who can grasp it. The better part of your chance is right inside of you.
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In Russia all tyrants believe poets to be their worst enemies.
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Listen to my voice - I sound like I'm permanently congested.
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Good analysis is very useful when you want to convert a political decision into an investment. It can also go the other way and drive policy.
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Every designer needs a story. Mine is all about glamour because my family has been in the business of glamour for three generations. My grandfather Shamshuddin Khan started his embroidery and fabric-making business in the 1930s.
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All my fiction starts from a feeling of unique perception, the pressure of a secret, a story that needs to be told.
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Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters.
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I am a huge wrestling fan. I would say The Rock is my favorite person to watch for obvious reasons.
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I want women to have more access to quality care, and the access to healthcare for women is not through Planned Parenthood; it is through community health centers across the state.
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I'm a terrific mimic, and you can feel my funny bone.
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The learned man knows that he is ignorant.
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Performances are always more interesting to me when something is at stake.
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My argument has always been that this is not an anti-Bush film, it's a pro-democracy film. And if Bush comes out on the wrong side of democracy, that's his problem.
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My heart has been heavy and I have deliberated within my own conscience, knowing that my decision should not come out of my initial emotion of anger toward the President for such reckless behavior, but should be based on the facts.
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I don't think with any book you get used to people falling in love with the story. It's been incredible just to realize your books are being read. It's a pretty amazing feeling.
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Some media companies that rely on advertising revenue are tying journalist compensation to the traffic their story generates. It doesn't work because it de-prioritizes writing.
