Matt Hughes Quotes
Writing the first draft is like hitting the beach on D Day. You don't stop to mourn the dead or comfort the wounded. You get off the beach because, if you don't, you'll die there.
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It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy - from lack of character.
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I was obsessed with the idea of going to college. And I took many years off after that, so I sort of missed the weird, crazy transition that was what making movies was in the nineties to what's happening now.
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At some point, you're going to have to be willing to take a punch for your team. If your employees or your teammates will see that you're willing to do that, they are more likely to be loyal to you, and your team is more likely to function better.
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You would not believe how much time people waste in a day. And how little time they put into things they genuinely love.
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Hors D'oeuvre: A ham sandwich cut into forty pieces.
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There comes a point in nearly every book event I've done when a little feminist revolt stirs inside the crowd.
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I loved Judy Garland. I thought she was such a classic beauty. I thought she was so endearing and charming, and I loved her voice. She was such a dreamer, and I think I was, too - and I am.
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I believe that there may be intelligent life on other planets.
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You don't want people thinking you're a cheat just because you're really fast and have broken the world record by a second.
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We do violence to the consciousness of a past age when we divide what was indivisible to it: the one sacred truth of the Christian creed.
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Even today, I frequently meet scientists who, outside their own narrow discipline, are superstitious.
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American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.
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People come over, and we watch things like 'The Paul Lynde Halloween Special.' I have a hot tub. Everybody puts on a bathing suit and we splash around.
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If you take shortcuts, you get cut short.
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At Uniqlo, we're thinking ahead. We're thinking about how to create new, innovative products... and sell that to everyone.
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I can sometimes feel like I'm an aggressive man inside. I'm not going to show that on social media.
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If I lose, I lose. I'll do it on my terms.
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They hate whom they fear.
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We all know what it's like to go through growing pains and have awkward moments talking to someone you have a crush on.
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When you love someone, it doesn't really matter if they love you back or not. Having love in your heart for someone is its own reward. or punishment, depending on the circumstances.
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Underground is underground, commercial is commercial. There's market for both, and both get money.
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I think everyone in the world is friends if you can only get them to see you don't want to be un-friends.
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I'm more of a culture hummingbird.
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Writing the first draft is like hitting the beach on D Day. You don't stop to mourn the dead or comfort the wounded. You get off the beach because, if you don't, you'll die there.
