Drew Houston Quotes
When you're in school, every little mistake is a permanent crack in your windshield. But in the real world, if you're not swerving around and hitting the guard rails every now and then, you're not going fast enough. Your biggest risk isn't failing; it's getting too comfortable.
Quotes to Explore
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How do you play 'righteous'? Do you just kind of stand up straighter? What does that mean as an actor? You don't really play a quality.
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I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty.
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Writing for children hadn't occurred to me when I was younger, but nine years of teaching in the upper elementary grades had given me a deep appreciation of the gifts and graces that are specific to individuals with 10 or 11 years of experience as human beings.
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Even with my wife, I find sharing soup is hard.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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I love Queen Latifah! Queen Latifah is so beautiful! Every time you see her, if it's in a cosmetics ad, or on the red carpet, she's always flawless.
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I love Bob Altman. I always admired him so much because I always thought he was a genuine voice.
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I made myself famous by writing 'songs' and lyrics about the beauty of the things I did and ugliness, too.
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I doubt there's any government in the world that guides itself primarily by strategy or conceptual documents or worldview. Anybody who has the reins of power has to look at practical limitations and tradeoffs - the fact that you can focus at most on one or two things at a time, that resources are limited.
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I don't want to mess with my face. So I'm becoming fluent in French so I can go to France and make French films when I'm 60.
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Movies are a complicated collision of literature, theatre, music and all the visual arts.
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The difference between Tinted Windows and Hanson shows is a lot of just repertoire. Hanson has been a band for years - we have a lot of songs to pull from and it's a different dynamic - a common kind of thread. With Tinted Windows - it's kind of a little like 'hey, we're this new band.'
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Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack.
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The Washingtonian said it shouldn't be built. The gallery's East Building is now considered a triumph, and members of the American Association of Architects have voted it one of the best buildings of all time.
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I like being active and riding a bike around my neighborhood and exercising when I can.
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I keep pushing buttons and trying to grow as a person and as a filmmaker.
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Something that's very painful for me is when people wear pants that are too short.
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Writing is the supreme solace.
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I love music. I still play cello a few times a week.
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With evolution, things are always changing, so I sort of think: Should we all be growing three heads?
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt had to find a way to help the American people. In 1933, he created a relief program known as the New Deal. Two years later, he expanded the New Deal by adding the Works Progress Administration, which was renamed the Work Projects Administration in 1939.
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My favorite book is 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower' by Stephen Chbosky.
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When one is young, aspiring to play for the country, doing well, any hindrance, like injury or being out of form, can be frustrating and a cause of annoyance or even anger. But once you have a close encounter with death, you realise the real value of life.
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When you're in school, every little mistake is a permanent crack in your windshield. But in the real world, if you're not swerving around and hitting the guard rails every now and then, you're not going fast enough. Your biggest risk isn't failing; it's getting too comfortable.
