Jeff Bewkes Quotes
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I like films to be complete in their written form.
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I don't think I had the aspiration to be a star growing up. I loved Madonna and Bette Midler, and I had my karaoke machine and would sing their songs.
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I am the least intimidating person. I think I would have done better in my career if I were a little more intimidating. Even the maid who comes to work for me once a week has found out that she can just trample over me... I'm a Cancer! We are not ferocious people.
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What I love about what I get to do is that I'm allowed to create the stories that I want to tell with minimal interference by some very big corporations like Microsoft and Sprint and EA and BioWare. The advantage that these tech companies have is that they understand the space organically, versus traditional media companies.
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All fashion brands are about looking good. Being Human is also about doing good. And you can do good by the simple act of slipping into a t-shirt or a pair of jeans.
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If you want your writing to be taken seriously, don't marry and have kids, and above all, don't die. But if you have to die, commit suicide. They approve of that.
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I'd want to collaborate with Eminem, of all people. Maybe even Lauryn Hill.
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My hope that Thatcher would inadvertently bring about a new political revolution was well and truly bogus. All that sprang out of Thatcherism were extreme financialisation, the triumph of the shopping mall over the corner store, the fetishisation of housing and Tony Blair.
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I believe God knew what he was doing when he put oil under our ground. It should be a means to an end.
Olusegun Obasanjo -
The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.
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I think you could ask 10 English people the same question about class and get a very different answer.
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Oh, I find it very easy to fall in love.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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Courage is found in unlikely places.
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Before you begin designing or buying anything, you need to get real and ask yourself: What do you really want to use this room for? What do you want to do in this room but can't now?
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If it wasn't for golf, I'd probably still be peddling jewelry or be in the sugar mills somewhere.
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I am not afraid of aging, but more afraid of people's reactions to my aging.
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I can't deal with someone flashy. That's so not me.
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The situation is clear. I trust in my ability, I trust in what I do and, if people put their trust in me, I will deliver for them.
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I pride myself on definitely being more than a dunker.
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I have a huge editor in my head who's always making me miserable. But sometimes, I try to let my unconscious act out.
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There is no person without a world.
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One of my initial memories of being taken over by music was watching Paul McCartney on TV play a tribute to John Lennon. He was playing piano by himself and singing 'Imagine,' and I remember feeling an anxiety and shortness of breath.
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One of the ways I think you make more money is by creating more efficiency.
