Ralph Baer Quotes
It's like I'm basically an artist. I'm no different from a painter who sits there and loves what he does.
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When I was travelling in Rajasthan people were waving hands, and it felt like I was visiting my own constituency.
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I often joke that I straddle psychosis and neurosis, and that being an artist keeps me in the middle, so I can work between the two.
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I'm the worst at picking what movies are going to do well. I have no idea. I'm really surprised if a movie I like does well.
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I'm a very positive person. I get excited easily, and I like to jump around.
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People go to restaurants for so many different reasons. To court a girl, to make some deal. Maybe to talk to some lawyer about how to get an alimony settlement better than they got last week.
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Making fun of born-again Christians is like hunting dairy cows with a high powered rifle and scope.
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The biggest thing politically within fashion is that the clothing should be displayed on different body shapes.
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It is obvious that the monetary union among 17 very different European countries does not work. As an economist, I know that the Eurozone is not an optimum currency area, as defined in economic theory.
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There's so much music in Austin, and it's all so different.
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I like Brad Pitt; I just have nothing to do with him.
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I actually love doing period pieces, purely because it takes you into a different world, mentally. The clothes you have to wear are so far from our everyday clothes that it immediately helps with the character and putting you in that mind frame.
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I'd really like to work with Gwen Stefani and Cee Lo.
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I don't feel like I'm grown up. I feel like I'm a kid.
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Sports in Indonesia aren't being supported by the government. The rewards you get as a young player don't match the effort you put in. I want to be different from other athletes, if not better, and I want to make something good out of my profile and help the younger players have opportunities.
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We are like the mechanism of a watch: each part is essential.
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I wrote 'White Teeth' in the late nineties. I didn't really feel trepidatious about it. It was a different time.
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I want to make sure that people know that I can only be myself - I can't be a spokesperson for people with disabilities, because everybody has a completely different experience. I'm glad that I'm able to inspire parents to see one way to deal with it, but at the same time, I tell a lot of dirty jokes.
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Every single time you make a merger, somebody is losing his identity. And saying something different is just rubbish.
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I wanted to work with Bryan Singer because I like his films.
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What I've learned from different designers is that it's key to be true to who you are and your vision. That's always been my line of thinking. Working through the whole design process, I don't want to create something I wouldn't be proud to wear.
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I don't know how to get bored. I need to learn to rest.
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There is no room for political, personal or religious ideologies in science.
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There are pros and cons of experience. A con is that you can't look at the business with a fresh pair of eyes and as objectively as if you were a new CEO. Fire yourself on a Friday night and come in on Monday morning as if a search firm put you there as a turn-around leader. Can you be objective and make the bold change?
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It's like I'm basically an artist. I'm no different from a painter who sits there and loves what he does.
