Jan Koum Quotes
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I haven't done Vine in a long time, and when I first started, I just did stuff that I thought was funny.
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I would like to direct.
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I'll tell you sort of an odd story: My music taste changed on 9/11. And it's very strange. I actually intellectually find this very curious. But on 9/11, I didn't like how rock music responded. And country music collectively, the way they responded, it resonated with me.
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My life has been forged by middle class values: faith, hard work, deep respect for America and all that she stands for.
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It's different from Liverpool. Boston seems to be a friendly place.
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Guinea pigs are quite difficult to draw, I think, because they're so furry.
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Most people who aspire to be president don't have a foreign policy and national security background. The exception was certainly Hillary Clinton.
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I'm the kind of person whose clothes are all hung up and color-coordinated, to the point where my whites don't touch my creams.
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Another argument, vaguer and even less persuasive, is that gay marriage somehow does harm to heterosexual marriage. I have yet to meet anyone who can explain to me what this means. In what way would allowing same-sex partners to marry diminish the marriages of heterosexual couples?
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I think my sweet spot is to make personal films on not-too-big budgets and also make other people's films, bringing productions to Iceland, upping the business here.
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I think I'm much too earnest to be as cool as 'Boyd Crowder'.
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I hope to instill, in every child I meet, my love and enthusiasm for reading and stories.
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When you're in the music business, everything is very personal, because you are invested in everything; there's a very deep, personal attachment to your music.
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With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.
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I'm rooting for Saudi Arabia getting a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council.
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I'm the only person in this sport, for the most part, that ain't on steroids. Now there's new rules in effect, yeah, you've got guys not on steroids now, but they used to be. They've always been on steroids.
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Music was definitely a way out. Instead of playing basketball, I was going to recording studios.
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Comic strips are like a public utility. They're supposed to be there 365 days a year, and you're supposed to be able to hit the mark day after day.
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I really feel that New York City is the greatest city in the world.
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The pace of digital innovation is astonishing. It's impossible to imagine life without the web, smartphones, social networks. And yet the consumer products and everyday objects all around us are still essentially dumb.
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The way the British 'Office' got away with being so dark was that it only had 13 episodes. There are realistic elements that people obviously enjoy, but they don't necessarily want to relive the trials and tribulations of their average work day.
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I feel like everyone directs their own career according to their taste, what they migrate to emotionally and what kind of artists they want to work with. And I'm lucky enough to be in a position where I can wait six months for a project that really interests me.
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The journey will be difficult. The road will be long. I face this challenge with profound humility, and knowledge of my own limitations. But I also face it with limitless faith in the capacity of the American people.
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Experiences from our youth shape what we do later in life.
