Drew Houston Quotes
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If I allow journalists to describe a collection and they make mistakes, I'm upset, because the retractions are never noticed.
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The single most important thing that I feel responsible for is that the company cherishes the work.
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I do want to lose weight for my children. I don't want them to think being fat is okay.
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One reason why I don't drink is because I wish to know when I am having a good time.
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My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.
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A war still rages over the legacy of the 1960s.
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Most men say they can cook pasta, but I think you should find a little bit of an unusual angle on your pasta and make that your signature dish.
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I realized that if my thoughts immediately affect my body, I should be careful about what I think. Now if I get angry, I ask myself why I feel that way. If I can find the source of my anger, I can turn that negative energy into something positive.
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The 'ideal' body is everywhere you look, and we are made to feel like failures by advertisers and corporations who shame us into buying their products.
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I don't find it hard to direct myself. I can easily think of me as a horrible performer or a good performer. I work with actors who cannot stand watching or looking at themselves, which is not my case. I can have an eye and perspective on whether I'm terrible or good enough for me.
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In school I was always the funny-looking, tall, skinny kid that got made fun of because of my weird teeth.
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My challenge is to find a beautiful balance: to make women beautiful, to make a woman dream to wear a beautiful outfit.
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There are people who will appreciate what I've done, and there will be people who will criticize me. Ultimately history will have the final say.
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To resolve problems through negotiation is a very childish approach.
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Dad was a retired chemist who, in his 60s, fathered and fed me and my two sisters while Mum worked as a secretary. He made us curries, Chinese meals and strange concoctions. He was often unsuccessful.
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You think it matters to the kids whether they're learning to play on a Steinway or a normal piano?
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It is perfectly obvious that the whole world is going to hell. The only possible chance that it might not is that we do not attempt to prevent it from doing so.
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When we talk about music, we talk about our reaction to it. One person might say that music is so poetic, while another says it's all mathematics. Yet another might say it's about sensuality, and so on. That's all true. But music is not just one of these things. It's everything all at once.
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It was very difficult. I wasn't coming back with an easy jump, with the triple loop, which I also slammed in the warm-up. I was able to believe when everything was dark and gray. The music carried me through. It goes beyond an athletic event, goes to emotional experience.
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I don't like fame; I prefer to have no profile. But this is not possible for me.
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Humor is a social lubricant that helps us get over some of the bad spots.
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You only have to be right once.
