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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A lot of movies are made to make us dream.
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They had this movie called Juno about a teenage girl who gets pregnant and it's nominated for an Oscar. That's an unusual experience for me, 'cause when a black girl gets pregnant it ain't no Oscar. It's social work and a box of condoms is what that is.
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Suppose I broke away and left you, or made it impossible for you to stay. That I was base and false; in every way unworthy of your love, and it was clearly right for you to go, what would you do then?
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The good old days, when each idea had an owner, are gone forever.
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Being an Arab leader has its rewards: the suite at the Waldorf-Astoria during the United Nations General Assembly, travel in your own plane, plenty of cash, even job security - whether kings, sheiks or presidents, with or without elections, most serve for life.
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I always knew I wanted to dance. I started ballet when I was three years old, and I just knew it was something that I loved and that I wanted to do.
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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.