Donald Norman Quotes
Also note that invariably when we design something that can be used by those with disabilities, we often make it better for everyone.
Quotes to Explore
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Origin stories are really important to me. I just like that sort of stuff and I feel like it makes a lot of sense to the guys, who they are. If you don't have that stuff, it's kind of a one dimensional version of it.
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I believe journalism or news will migrate to the online medium.
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I sometimes wonder how we're short of cod. There's gonna be a load deep down that are hiding. But it's a good reason to put the price up, and it means a load of people will have haddock. They should tell people they're running out of all sorts. Make 'em panic a bit.
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There's great stuff out there, but I prefer doing a TV show, going to work every day with the same people, and a lot of stuff is not being shot in Los Angeles and I don't really want to do that because my loved ones are here.
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I would like to have a rematch against Fabricio Werdum.
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But I think the thing I'm proud of about the film is that there aren't many films - either independent films or mainstream Hollywood films - that are like this; it's of its own times, and it's the film Mike Nichols wanted to make.
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People win Oscars, and then it seems like they fall off the planet. And that's partly because a huge expectation walks in the room and sits right down on top of your head. The moment I won the Oscar, I felt the teardown the very next day.
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You are not a problem that needs solving.
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I just mean it's very difficult for me to watch my work, in some ways, because I am critical of what I didn't get across or I thought I was making one point.
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It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it.
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I would rather not have contentious interviews. I'd rather do 30 minutes with Charlie Rose, laid back in a La-Z-Boy chair.
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If Madrid does not want an accord, and the majority of Catalans want an independent state, how can you avoid that?
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The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.
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I could make up characters till the cows came home. Plot's what hard. Very hard.
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Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.
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Just because something is three months away and seems far off, doesn't mean you will want to be there when the time comes.
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The number of parts that were required were just prohibitive.
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I'd love to have kids, but not at the moment.
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Design is a constant challenge to balance comfort with luxe, the practical with the desirable.
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Other people get into occupations by accident or design; but writers are born. I could work at selling motels, or slopping hogs, for fifty years, but if someone asked my occupation, I'd say writer, even if I'd never sold a word. Writers write. Other people talk.
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No one likes to work for free. To copy an artist's work and download it free is stealing. It's hard work writing and recording music, and it's morally wrong to steal it.
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Don't be fooled. Looks can be deceptive. Like every working mother, I'm paddling away like a duck beneath the water.
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I got into stand-up because I love stand-up. Specifically in stand-up, I love jokes. I love short, structured ideas and a punch line.
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Also note that invariably when we design something that can be used by those with disabilities, we often make it better for everyone.
