Jeremy Stoppelman Quotes
There's simply anger over the accountability that Yelp brings and also this feeling of powerlessness because so much power is now being put in the hands of the consumer. But the important thing that gets lost with some of these business owners who are very upset with us is it's the whole picture that counts.
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There is no sense in making a film that no-one will go and see, just to create a perfect, but useless, work of art.
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I've read quite a few readers' reviews of my book on Amazon, saying, 'Ah, he criticises the free market, he advocates central planning.' I don't do that for a minute! But this is our black and white, dichotomous way of thinking - which has really been harmful.
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I really enjoy comedy. It's a real challenge.
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I've never actually directed anything I haven't made up. I've never adapted anything.
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I loved London. In the 1970s... it was very exciting, really wild.
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Life is so fast these days, and we're exposed to so much information. Television makes us a witness to such misery.
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One of the great things about being a writer/journalist is that my boss loves me to go out and do features on being someone else. I did a feature on Kate Middleton, where I went to an incredible fancy state home in the countryside, put on a wedding dress and posed for engagement pictures with a fake Prince William.
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The game is never over. No matter what the scoreboard reads or what the referee says, it doesn't end when you come off the court.
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I used to be so self-conscious about my braces that people thought I was shy - I just never talked. It took me a long time to realize, whatever, it's not like I'll have them forever, so I might as well enjoy it while I do!
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No one escapes from the past without bearing some of its burdens.
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With the 'Old Kingdom' trilogy, at least half the readers were older adults rather than younger adults. I wrote them for myself with no particular audience in mind.
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There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount.
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My goal is to make people feel passionately, if it's negative or positive, I did my job.
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The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.
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We need a commander in chief that speaks the truth. We will not defeat radical Islamic terrorism so long as we have a president unwilling to utter the words 'radical Islamic terrorism'.
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If the amount of hours spent on FarmVille were spent on actual farming, imagine what we could achieve.
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The person who takes the oath of office in the next four months will shape not just the next four years, but the next forty years of our nation. In these next four years, we need proven leadership, proven judgment and proven values. America needs four more years of President Barack Obama.
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You learn to control every aspect of your muscles, your face, your toes, your fingernails. And that is how you tell a story, through movement.
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I'd rather be dealt with as a person than a persona.
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I was the happiest guy in the world when I was on the ice. You're being paid to play a game! That's pretty special.
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I will always have a soft spot for 'East of the Sun, West of the Moon,' which I discovered just at the age when I was beginning to enjoy the darkness in fairy tales but still wanted a story where the good guys win.
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We all know a lot of people who died in 9/11, the World Trade Center. A lot of money funding that mission is directly tied - from the 9/11 Commission, directly tied to Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas.
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The more I make stuff, the more I become aware of when I feel like I'm making bullshit or feel like I'm making something I can stand behind.
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There's simply anger over the accountability that Yelp brings and also this feeling of powerlessness because so much power is now being put in the hands of the consumer. But the important thing that gets lost with some of these business owners who are very upset with us is it's the whole picture that counts.
