Jason Blum Quotes
Sundance is such an acquisition-frenzied, industry-centric experience, and at SXSW, many of the movies have distribution. And the focus is more on positioning the movie as opposed to selling them. People are more relaxed.

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Without philosophy, history is always for me dead and dumb.
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'Lovejoy' has a special place in my heart because it was through my efforts that the series first came to the screen.
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Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom.
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All peoples have contributed to the overall progress and enhancement of human life.
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Some people are used to having things done for them by her parents, I am not. I can do it myself.
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In film, you're so much in the hands and at the mercy of the editor, so sometimes it's good to watch it just to see how it turns out - it can be so different than how you imagined it. But sometimes it's better to just let it go for your own sense of self worth.
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I don't believe in writer's block.
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I like being unconventional.
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I don't see a white woman. I see a black woman, even though my mother is white. Knowing that has made my life easier, I think.
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No one wants to see a person on TV who's super-ultra-cool. That's Superman, that's a thing of the past. Heroes are now flawed, and have terrible tempers, you know? They're real people.
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I'm a cynic about corporate democracy and boards.
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I believe you can achieve anything if you work hard enough to get it.
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There are still traces of discrimination against race and gender, but it's a lot different than when I started out. It just comes quietly, slowly, sometimes so quietly that you don't realize it until you start looking back.
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True character arises from a deeper well than religion.
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It's very little trouble for me to accommodate my fans, unless I'm actually taking a pee at the time.
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Nobody can write better jokes putting me down than me.
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Bravo's 'Real Housewives' series isn't just entertainment for devoted fans like me - it's an entire all-absorbing universe of pride and passion.
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Women have seen that they have locked themselves up with feminist writing.
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Part of being an artist is that you want to express yourself to as many people as possible. But you don't want to exclude anyone.
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To return after long years of painful absence to some place which has been the scene of our former joys, and whence the force of circumstance, and not choice, has driven us, is oppressive to the heart.
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Productivity doesn't have to be complicated. It can be easily boosted through a manageable combination of the right tools, resources, and habits to make the most of your time.
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I am often criticized, or at least questions are raised, about what appears to be the absence of the Holy Spirit in my work.
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I can assert that it is this belief in learning from experience, a growth mindset, the power of chance events, and self-reflection that have helped me grow to the present.
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Sundance is such an acquisition-frenzied, industry-centric experience, and at SXSW, many of the movies have distribution. And the focus is more on positioning the movie as opposed to selling them. People are more relaxed.