Jef Raskin Quotes
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I can't wait to get on stage, because there you don't worry about whether you'll ever get married because your life is insane, or whether you'll ever have another boyfriend again, you don't worry about the typical boundaries of how your life has to be.
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One of the important lessons of the Internet is, how easy it is to get things done completely shapes what gets created. For that reason, technologies like Amazon's cloud service are very important. Even if they aren't technically impressive, they make things easy to do.
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My mother had a saying: 'Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you're not the last.'
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We are a total of our sum parts, right? I came from a family of very strong women - black women. And if I go back as far as my great grandmothers, there was always that love and the ability to be nurturing. Then I grew up in a household where my father was the one who was more affectionate with me.
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I really hate rubber ducks, actually.
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We shot 'Oblivion' in Iceland; that was amazing. It's so, so beautiful. They didn't have any Waldorf Hotels there, though; we stayed in the middle of nowhere!
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We were only there for five days and during that time Tom was a bit annoyed that the French were more interested in me and my schoolgirl outfit than him and his long scarf.
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The emphasis of the men’s group was on understanding, coping, changing the situation and then, if all else failed, getting out; the emphasis of battered women’s groups is on getting out first, and second, locking up the problem (the man).
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It is easier to ask of the poor than of the rich.
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The purchase of any item which helps strengthen Zionism is not permissible.
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I've always been covered by a press that's mostly financial press.
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If actors could actually make a living doing theater, that would be my first choice. Sitcoms are the closest thing to being onstage in front of an audience.
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When it comes to photo shoots, there was a clear moment for me when I thought, 'I'm going to have to enjoy this because it's going to be a part of what I do.'
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I came to success very late in life.
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Boarding school in Tring was a bit of a bubble that burst when I went to Hackney to go to drama school.
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I understand the politics of Washington, D.C. You need to hold firm, you need to work with your colleagues, and you need to throw elbows.
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So ultimately I am looking for a story that has some value and is important and is entertaining.
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I think my background, coming from Iran, which is a great country but is going through its share of troubles, really allows me to appreciate what we have here.
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I did a film called 'Black Dynamite' that was very, very funny. That seems to be a film that's kind of a cult classic.
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Things are so beautiful and wonderful, you feel there must be another life where you will see more - hear more - and know more. All of it cannot die.
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What we need is a common goal for more Europe.
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I value my own independence so highly that I can fancy no degradation greater than that of having another man perpetually directing and advising and lecturing me, or even planning too closely in any way about my actions. He might be the wisest of men, or the most powerful - I should equally rebel and resent his interference.
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When you meet a man who is broken, pick him up and carry him. When you meet a woman who’s broken, put her all into your arms. Cause we don’t know where we come from … we don’t know where we are.
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