Joe Penny Quotes
If you've got a shot at having some 30 million people give you thumbs up or thumbs down every week, you take it.
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I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.
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It's only Western civilization that, God forbid, you talk about dying, when it's the only thing we know for certain, right? Everyone's going to die, so what's the big problem? 'Oh, God. Don't talk about it. Don't think about it.' I mean, I'm one of them. I'm not a big fan of talking about dying.
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For me, it's actually really hard to write about my real experience. Like to do a Taylor Swift. You know what I mean? It's so brave to actually write about things that happened and things you wanna get off your chest, but I'm not really there yet.
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That's the problem today: Who is the creator?
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I've never read for a movie, I've always been given them.
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Avoid war, because that always pushes human beings backward.
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The Technion didn't teach students how to open a start-up.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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I so never went through a bad-girl period.
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I'm not a universalist, and the way I talk about final loss is this: People worship idols - money, whatever. Their humanness gets reshaped around the idol - you become like what you worship. That's one of the basic spiritual laws.
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Federalism is no longer the fault line of Centre-State relations but the definition of a new partnership of Team India. Citizens now have the ease of trust, not the burden of proof and process. Businesses find an environment that is open and easy to work in.
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Daniel Ellsberg showed tremendous courage back in the '70s.
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I think I'm an American writer writing about Latin America, and I'm a Latin American writer who happens to write in English.
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I proved to myself that if I believe in something and set my mind to it I could actually accomplish it.
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Art is more engaging that propaganda.
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I don't feel that electronic music has to stand on the back of urban artists or anyone else to be recognized. It's great music.
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My mother opened a bank account for me when I made $60 on my first day of work as an extra. She's that kind of mother.
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With the Tonys it's a little tricky because a lot of the funnier jokes are more insider, so people watching at home may not get a Julie Taymor reference the way that New Yorkers would. So you have to figure out what comedy plays to a large audience and still respect the individuals who are there.
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'100 Bullets' is such a post-modern noir; there are certain rules you gotta follow.
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Mars missions will require up to three years in reduced gravity, so we need to make sure astronauts can not only survive but thrive as they move outward to explore this new world.
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'Skins' wanted to create a new thing by actually casting real teenagers. I think it was very brave of them. They also wanted to give the opportunity to people who didn't go to drama school.
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If you've got a shot at having some 30 million people give you thumbs up or thumbs down every week, you take it.
