Joe Mays Quotes
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The prevailing - and foolish - attitude is that a good manager can be a good manager anywhere, with no special knowledge of the production process he's managing. A man with a financial background may know nothing about manufacturing shoes or cars, but he's put in charge anyway.
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What is art? Art talks about life; it's subversive.
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I don't see divorce as a failure. I see it as the end to a story. In a story, everything has an end and a beginning.
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Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.
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I'm more of a guy's girl. I like having a beer in a bar, and I don't bicker or sit down and do my nails.
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I used to be the best comic actor in my batch. Everyone knew that my comic timing was impeccable.
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The first thing I look at is, 'Is the entrepreneur going after really big problems, to the extent that it feels scary when they talk about it?' You wonder if the idea is possible. I have seen that a lot of times, people go after small problems, and that's a sign that they are not confident.
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It is so expensive to take care of my hair and keep it looking like I was born with it, when my real hair is the color of rat fur.
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I firmly believe caretaking the soul is incredibly important for happiness.
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The essence of architecture is form and space, and light is the essential element to the key to architectural design, probably more important than anything. Technology and materials are secondary.
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I don't worry about the things I can't change.
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When I see a movie with someone it's kind of uncomfortable.
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Writing is, by its nature, interior work. So being forced to be around people is a great gift for a novelist. You get to be reminded, daily, of how people think, how they speak, how they live; the things they worry about, the things they hope for, the things they fear.
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I love fashion and there is no easier way to express yourself than through the clothes you wear.
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I mean, I like to consider myself a reasonably athletic guy.
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My parents made certain I had no illusions about acting. To them, it was always just a job.
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For me, the idea of curating can be expanded. Curating science, curating art, music and theater and performance and not only bring those things into art but bring art into those areas.
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I believe in a packed Heaven and an empty Hell.
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I don't speak Spanish. I understand enough of it, having spent some time running Telemundo, and I put in a lot of time in Spain during the Barcelona Olympics. But I don't pretend to speak Spanish, and I don't want anyone to think that I can.
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Hablo pensando que no debiera hablar: asà hablo.
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The real skill of being a writer is being able to take your inspired moments, and make them work as a whole, through the unromantic, daily hard work.
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She raised the kids and took care of things while Dewey was gone. She had to be a wonderful woman to put up with her husband; he was gone constantly. She was independent and intelligent.
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The inclination of my life...has been to do things & make things which will give pleasure to people in new and amazing ways.
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Things can only go uphill from here. They can't go any lower than that.
