Jay Chiat Quotes
Transferring successfully to the next generation means producing work that's as good as or better than the work of the first generation that founded the agency.
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There is nothing people can throw at me to say: 'Do this, do that.'
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I could never say Rza's trash. But he didn't come with the right formula on '8 Diagrams.' I think 'Cuban Linx 2' will have the Clan back where they need to be, but then it's up for the Clan to be back where they need to be, too. 'Cos it ain't just the album, you know what I mean? It's everything.
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I've never left them to go do a film. No, we all go together. I could never leave them. My kids are my whole world.
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Most of us, if we're not careful, tend to dehumanize the enemy.
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The one characteristic of authentic power that most people overlook is humbleness. It is important for many reasons. A humble person walks in a friendly world. He or she sees friends everywhere he or she looks, wherever he or she goes, whomever he or she meets. His or her perception goes beyond the shell of appearance and into essence.
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I think coming to work and being absurd and neurotic and thoughtful at the same time is far more interesting.
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But God, who is the beginning of all things, is not to be regarded as a composite being, lest perchance there should be found to exist elements prior to the beginning itself, out of which everything is composed, whatever that be which is called composite.
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I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
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I feel that the world is increasingly about the bottom line, and not so much about human respect or human dignity. In that regard, people who care about other people will not be in a position to make choices and do things that other people who they're competing against will get to do.
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It is as difficult to define or classify Islamic cinema as it would be a Christian, Jewish or Buddhist one.
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I find the whole disdain for ageing crazy.
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It's great that people are interested in Mars.
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I think pulling off, pulling off a kind of fake documentary of me being a, you know, actual dictator would have been extremely difficult, if not impossible.
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Some people are enraged, and some people are applauding. If there were a mission statement for graffiti, that would be it.
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Fast food is the one thing everyone can relate to. It's depressing, but also interesting, that people desire to eat the same sandwich in every single city in the world. But the biggest bummer is when you see a Subway in Berlin. Just devastating.
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I ate better in Liberia than I did in Ohio.
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I'm a terrific mimic, and you can feel my funny bone.
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I'm triggering acoustic instruments. I'm literally beating, smacking, hitting, blowing, doing physical things. It's an incredibly exciting way to make music.
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Remember that what you have is unique because it's your own special way of looking at the world.
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You can never lose a true friend.
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I had a mother who was very emotionally demanding, wanting to be the centre of attention. As they say in EastEnders, she thought it was all about 'er. I spent a lot of time trying to work out what was going on.
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Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee. Establish unto thyself principles of action; and see that thou ever act according to them. First know that thy principles are just, and then be thou.
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The terrorist attacks of September 11th and the courageous actions of our armed forces in Afghanistan and Iraq remind us that friends of tyranny and enemies of freedom still exist.
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Transferring successfully to the next generation means producing work that's as good as or better than the work of the first generation that founded the agency.
