Jason Fried Quotes
The office during the day has become the last place people want to be when they really want to get work done. In fact, offices have become interruption factories.
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President Obama vowed in his State of the Union address to make assisting domestic manufacturers a top priority for his second term.
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Where having been an actor was extremely helpful to me was in casting. That's where I think a director who has acted can really shine, and casting is the most important thing you do.
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I never had plastic surgery. I had a nose procedure done because I had to. I had no cartilage in my nose; I have a piece of cartilage from my ear put into my nose. I had a medical procedure done. I have no plastic in my nose.
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Money brings a lot of responsibility as to what you're going to do with it, and I've given quite a bit of thought to that.
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There have been recorded cases of people learning how to fly a plane after playing a flight simulator, but there's never been a case of someone learning to fight by playing 'Tekken.'
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I like Baudelaire's sentences quite a lot. I read and re-read him very often.
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I hear odd tracks from my albums every now and again on the radio, or maybe a friend plays me something.
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I like silence; I'm a gregarious loner and without the solitude, I lose my gregariousness.
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The ideas keep going, you have the material, you cut because there's a limit to the space allowed to you. And the space is limited because of some other constraints that have to do with money or printing or whatever.
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The day the producers aren't minting money, or the fans are done with me and, most of all, I as a person get bored of acting, I will stop and pursue my other interests. There is a lot to do: painting, writing, direction.
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I'm a fan of Bjork, a fan of Premier, you know, those are the first two names that come to my mind. You know, I've learned a lot from every person I've collaborated with, from Madlib to Jean Grae and Hi-Tek, to Mos to DJ Quik, to even somebody like Jermaine Dupri. I've taken something important away from every experience.
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Youth doesn't need friends - it only needs crowds.
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Don't bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid.
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Between the ages of 18 and 20, I made three hour-long films. One was a superhero film called 'Carbolic Soap.' One was a cop film called 'Dead Right.' And the other was called 'A Fistful Of Fingers.'
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I'm not looking for a challenge, necessarily. I'm looking to make a really great film.
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The Wreckoning is a darker song. But the record is positive.
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I'm into the whole American and New York vibe, not just because that's what's going on around me but because of the fit. A lot of guys are into the European cut, but I can't really pull that off with my body type - I'm tall and have big legs.
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Every season I try to top myself, and push it a little further.
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I'm apolitical. Where all that Conservative business came along from, I don't know.
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In committing to artistic growth, you have to refine your skills to support your instincts.
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Trust yourself in God's hands. Maintain your relationship to Jesus Christ by the patience of faith. 'Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him.'
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Sometimes I might feel like a movie is kind of a weird idea and if I'm going to get enough money to execute it properly I've got to get somebody in it that is going to justify the expense.
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The Messenger of Allah commanded that places of prayer be established in villages, and that they be purified and perfumed.
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The office during the day has become the last place people want to be when they really want to get work done. In fact, offices have become interruption factories.
