Jann Wenner Quotes
I don't believe that there's such a thing as objectivity in much of journalism, but I think there is a serious effort to and a regard for facts and into taking that stuff seriously is very important to the public discourse and it's very important to democracy.
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We continue to be bullish on China.
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In America, black urban teenagers have long been lacking in inclusion. In France, there is a comparable lack of inclusion among North Africans. In much of Europe, there has been little attempt to include the Roma.
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When I first got married to my husband, he had boxes full of photos of my two stepsons, ages 5 and 8 at the time, and I put them together in some little albums and wrote notes about how happy I was that they were a part of my life.
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I'm always happy when I hear about people selling records or selling books or selling movies. It makes me proud of them.
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I feel like my story would've been different had I had a chance to play with Bron when I was 18. I've thought about it countless times.
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I think women are really good at making friends and not good at networking. Men are good at networking and not necessarily making friends. That's a gross generalization, but I think it holds in many ways.
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I didn't have traditional stage fright. If there was 500 people in the audience or three people in the audience, it didn't really make a difference. What made a difference was the conductor. Everything that I was scared about as a drummer was him.
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I'll never do a film because it's a massive budget and I'm gonna get lots of publicity for it and it will bring something else.
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I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.
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You make knowledge relevant to life and you make it important for children to learn things that will really relate to things going on in their lives, and not abstract.
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I've got a PowerPoint deck that I use for internal presentations, and there's a slide on it that asks, 'What percentage of your game is combat versus exploration versus puzzle solving versus platforming,' and I refuse to answer that question.
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I always used to watch 'Labyrinth' and 'The Neverending Story.' Those were like my two favorite movies that I would watch over and over and over again.
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I have a grim outlook on the world, and in particular on humanity. Spent years denying it, but I am very misanthropic. And I live alone on a mountain for a reason.
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By doing, you become employable. It doesn't matter what the job is; by working, you learn new things, meet new people and are exposed to new ideas.
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I've always wanted to do charity stuff. I'm such a nurturer and love taking care of people.
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I cook everything from Italian to Cajun food. I have now mastered the roux for gumbo. I love cooking.
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Trent likes to record guitars direct, whereas I've always preferred playing through an amplifier.
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Nonchalance is the ability to remain down to earth when everything else is up in the air.
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(On drug laws): Isn’t that weird, we’ve made nature against the law. That’s how un-natural we’ve become.
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When I was a kid just starting out on the radio, I would always watch people. And I'd see the interest they'd have in trying to get a photo with an artist or get a ticket stub signed. I guess, to me, that's the ultimate thing – to know that what you've done is important enough to other people that they want to take a picture with you.
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Among the largest banks, the capital ratios remain good and I don’t expect any serious problems . . . . among the large, internationally active banks that make up a very substantial part of our banking system.
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One of the most important elements in teaching, conducting, and performing, all three, is listening.
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It's interesting when you're trying to create a character in animation. It's really a communal effort.
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I don't believe that there's such a thing as objectivity in much of journalism, but I think there is a serious effort to and a regard for facts and into taking that stuff seriously is very important to the public discourse and it's very important to democracy.
