John Battelle Quotes
I think Facebook is an extraordinarily important part of the Internet ecosystem, and having a robust presence there is a critical part of any brand (or company's) strategy.
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Usually, you lose interest in a story beyond a certain point. But with 'Highway,' there was something very subtle, yet something very influential. I intended 'Highway' to be the first film that I ever made. Didn't happen.
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One reason we love fiction is because stories have a comforting shape. They provide a resolution that's lacking in our regular lives.
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If DreamWorks and Disney need that name to sell the cartoon and get people in the seats, that's what they need. It's not fair, but there's plenty of other work for us to do.
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Let us remember we are all part of one American family. We are united in common values, and that includes belief in equality under the law, basic respect for public order, and the right of peaceful protest.
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I drive a car, like an adult. Not brilliantly. I'm not great.
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When a salesperson truly cares about you, trust forms, and you're more likely to buy, come back for repeat business, and refer new customers.
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The 20th century was a test bed for big ideas - fascism, communism, the atomic bomb.
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It is not surprising, then, that in the decade since Oslo began, Arafat used all the resources placed at his disposal to fan the flames of hatred against Israel.
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He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.
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Once a song's out there, it's no longer mine. And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people.
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I went to Japan and I lived there. I lived in Mexico for a year. I went to Europe. I lived in Canada.
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It is good to know what a man is, and also what the world takes him for. But you do not understand him until you have learnt how he understands himself.
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I think the reason they cast me as the good girls is because they couldn't find any in Hollywood.
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I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
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You cannot govern, you cannot administrate, with an ignoramus.
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Great men always pay deference to greater.
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I can't say that winning the Pen/Faulkner was a dream come true because I would never have dared to dream it.
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It is so funny because I was always embarrassed because I never had formal training in acting.
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I like Lady Gaga!
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I don't like a class system. I don't like the idea of being in a different class than other people.
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I like being famous when it's convenient for me and completely anonymous when it's not.
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I think long-lasting, healthy relationships are more important than the idea of marriage. At the root of every successful marriage is a strong partnership.
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I think it's very important to distinguish between objectivity - which tends to be open, flexible, skeptical of its own certainty and open to new information - and objectivism - which thinks, "No, we know it all, we've got it, so real thinking and learning can come to an end."
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I think Facebook is an extraordinarily important part of the Internet ecosystem, and having a robust presence there is a critical part of any brand (or company's) strategy.
