John Backus Quotes
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'Frontline' started doing digital content in 1995. We started streaming our films in 2000.
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The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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I needed to really pursue music and learn what I needed to learn on my own by getting in and doing it, not by reading a book about it.
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When companies get big, they slow down. They're not as exciting. If you want to get something done, it takes a lot of time and a lot of meetings.
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Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that were not so.
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Fear is the dark room where the Devil develops his negatives.
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I got addicted to Tetris, playing it in my basement, I was missing all these airplane flights over it. After the fourth one that I missed, I realized I needed to get rid of this thing - so ever since then, I don't play video games any more.
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Doctrines provide an architecture for both Republican and Democrat presidents to carry out policies.
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In my next life, I want to be a housecat. Naps all the time!
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I believe there is a direct correlation between love and laughter.
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The difficulty, the ordeal, is to start.
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I would hear stories about Steve Jobs and feel like he was at 100 percent exactly what he wanted to do, but I'm sure even a Steve Jobs has compromised. Even a Rick Owens has compromised. You know, even a Kanye West has compromised. Sometimes you don't even know when you're being compromised till after the fact, and that's what you regret.
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No matter where you are from, no matter what your background is, no matter what your socioeconomic status is, every person can achieve his or her dreams.
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Everything has its own kind of theatricality and its own drama.
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Mankind is not a circle with a single center but an ellipse with two focal points of which facts are one and ideas the other.
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My entire life is dedicated to music, and at my age, that makes a lot of years! But all the work and dedication is only that I'm able to forget myself and let the music do the 'talking.'
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When I started playing in bands, we had to be apologetic for what we did. We had to be apologetic because the mainstream was so bad.
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It's hard finding people you trust or who aren't going to take your money. Everyone wants to get a piece of whatever you're doing. It's a nightmare.
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TV ushered in the age of postliteracy. And we have gone so far beyond that. I mean, what with the Internet and Google and Wikipedia. We have entered the age of post-intelligence.
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Improv training allows you to get out of your head a little bit and take more risks, which is something I would like to continue to improve upon.
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People think, 'If I could only get motivated, then I'll act.' Nope. In actuality, it's the opposite.
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Everyone in New York is fluid and thinking and inspiring each other.
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I know how it feels to be the newbie.
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Much of my work has come from being lazy.
