Daniel Ek Quotes
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'Empathy' is the latest code word for liberal activism, for treating the Constitution as malleable clay to be kneaded and molded in whatever form justices want. It represents an expansive view of the judiciary in which courts create policy that couldn't pass the legislative branch or, if it did, would generate voter backlash.
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I think the show does better with newsmakers and politicians than it does with actors.
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There is perhaps no better way to appreciate the dizzying stupidity of the United States than to chat with 25 consecutive morning radio hosts.
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This is how it has been since time began: If you want to make something really worthwhile and true, then you have to suffer for it.
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Anyone who says they want to make a game that becomes a cult classic is kinda screwy, right? I mean, you want to reach the largest audience you can.
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I do things right. No shortcuts.
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I don't pray because I don't want to bore God.
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If you're filming somebody doing something they really want to do, you're probably not very high on their list of problems to deal with. You see James Carville on the phone - he's like that whether you have a camera or not. He isn't doing it just for you, and that's hard to explain.
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I've always been like this - insecure - because I'm striving for something that can't be attained. I don't just want to be OK at this: I want to be the best at it, and I've never achieved that in my mind.
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The worst thing would be for a Canada to develop a Hollywood. This is an industry we are going to have to fight to defend. We have to compete now so productions stay here. We don't want entertainment to be like the steel industry.
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Classic cable TV may have hit its peak, but it's still a huge force, and the streaming apps of many cable networks still require you to authenticate that you're a paying cable customer every time you want to use a new such TV app.
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I feel nothing can push you till the time you want to get pushed.
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I don't have any plugs or tucks but people do what they want. I look at it as mutilation.
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I eat whatever I want, junk food included.
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I'm not trying to be Mr. Universe, but I want to stay in shape.
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I never want to write a book just to tell a story. There is always something deeper going on.
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My parents would always say, 'It doesnt' matter if it's a guy picking up the garbage or the President of the United States, treat everybody as you would want to be treated.
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Hunger and homelessness aren't things we always want to talk about.
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I don't think you really have chemistry in the way that you want between two actors unless frustration is there as well.
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If you want to get an email to Robert Redford, you send it to his assistant, and she prints it out. And then he will write you a letter, which is incredibly rare and incredibly classy. Unfortunately, I can't be that removed from technology.
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I love what I do. But I want to go home, just for four days, then I'll get back on the road again.
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Whenever someone says something bad about you, just confront them on it and just be a man and own up to it. If you said something you shouldn t have said, and it's important to somebody you need to talk to, you need to go talk to them. Be a man. Step up.
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I've always ignored the labels people put on things.
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I'm not an inventor. I just want to make things better.
