Jenova Chen Quotes
Every artist wants his or her work to connect with someone. I think that's why people make art.
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If I can create some space that people haven't experienced before and if it stays with them or gives them a dream for the future, that's the kind of structure I seek to create.
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I live a half mile from the San Andreas fault - a fact that bubbles up into my consciousness every time some other part of the world experiences an earthquake. I sometimes wonder whether this subterranean sense of impending disaster is at least partly responsible for Silicon Valley's feverish, get-it-done-yesterday work norms.
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Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any in the world.
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If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from whence good is derived.
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I want to do stories that really move me, that have an audience, and at the end of the day, I want people to feel something when they walk out of the cinema.
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I love boxing, MMA, and hiking with my dog. I work out 3 times a week, and on my off days, I do yoga to keep my body relaxed and to stretch.
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I grew up in the hood, and I was raised to hate cops. But then, I started to realize that they're people, and they have lives, too.
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I tend to be the type who is overly polite and sort of ingratiating to other people.
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I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace.
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People like to pigeonhole you. It's easier.
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We do not take away the powers of surveillance. We do not take away the right and the power of the government to go after those who would do us wrong.
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I want to make it clear that I honestly answered every question put to me during the so-called Iran-Contra hearings. But if they didn't ask me about something, I wasn't about to reveal things that would put other people in jeopardy.
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Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.
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My ideal relaxation is working on upholstry. I spend hours in junk shops buying furniture. I do all the upholstery work myself, and it's like therapy.
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Getting married and then having children just centered me and grounded my values. It was like a whole new world. It started happening in New York with a little play called Cruise Control, where I relaxed, and then I kept getting work in Hollywood till this series happened.
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Writers, particularly poets, always feel exiled in some way - people who don't exactly feel at home, so they try to find a home in language.
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Oh, mercy, I think we're all storytellers, you know. You think of the excuses you told your parents for why you got home late. I just never gave it up.
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Peer pressure plays a huge role in people's desire to get married.
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I wish when I was 17, somebody had told me not to care so much about what other people had thought.
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Any time you're near a kangaroo, it's a close call.
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The more you believe in yourself, the faster you're going to get.
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Very simply, the culture of another people does not have to be accepted when it is subhuman!
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Every artist wants his or her work to connect with someone. I think that's why people make art.
