Jeffrey Katzenberg Quotes
A company like DreamWorks, all we do is make product. That's all we do. We don't own distribution. We are purely in the creation of content.
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Never having alone time is real tough on people.
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But Charlie, Charlie, how can we ever really know anything? Charlie, what or who is God?
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Key metaphors help determine what and how we perceive and how we think about our perceptions.
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Certainly, light fiction exists and encompasses mysteries or second-class romance novels, books that are read on the beach, whose only aim is to entertain. These books are not concerned with style or creativity - instead they are successful because they are repetitive and follow a template that readers enjoy.
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I never worked less than 16-hour days on South Beach.
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How prone poor Humanity is to dam up the minutest remnants of its freedom, and build an artificial roof to prevent it looking up to the clear blue sky.
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America is not doctrinaire. It's hard for an American politician to come up with an ideological position that is permanently unforgivable.
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Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it's the most comical thing in the world.
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The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of the author.
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It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.
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When I was in film school, it was said that all good films were characterised by some form of humour.
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For me, if something fits properly, it makes me feel good.
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Even when life challenges us, it's a gift beyond all measure.
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In the Dominican Republic, my mom and I lived in this little tiny town called Cabarete, which is very poor.
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I might not be very smart, but I surround myself with smart people.
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I am convinced that the world-wide protests during the Rivonia trial saved Mandela and his fellow-accused from a death sentence. But in South Africa, a life sentence means imprisonment until death - or until the defeat of the government which holds these men prisoner.
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If you can look at your failure and answer yes to the questions, "Did I give it my absolute best effort?" and "Have I learned something valuable?" then you have failed in the right way. By these standards, I've failed many times in my career. But every failure has made me stronger and wiser. Inevitably, success has always followed.
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Since I am first of all a character writer, that character's emotions are as vivid to me as my own. I always begin with an emotion after I have established a character in my mind. I feel what they feel. I guess that is why it comes across so strongly.
