John Grierson Quotes
When quick results are imperative, the manipulation of the masses through symbols may be the only quick way of having a critical thing done.
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WWE was an opportunity to wrestle in front of thousands - in 2013, I did 227 matches, and almost all of them were in front of more than three or four thousand people, with a high of 70,000 plus. It was an incredible experience to be part of that.
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It's never as easy to keep your own spouse happy as it is to make someone else's spouse happy.
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I love wrestling, but to wrestle just one style for the rest of my life seems like it would really hold me down creatively.
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I'll hear people say every so often that having HIV must not be so bad - 'Just look at Magic and how well he's doing.'
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Virtual reality is a tough sell for a software developer. They have to convince investors that not only are they going to build a good game, which is what they normally have to do, they have to convince them that it's going to be a good game and that virtual reality will be successful.
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I would literally have to go meet people so they could see I didn't have big red hair and wear high heels constantly. It was just really ingrained in people.
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American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.
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My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.
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One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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Whatever you see - any good results - are all from the pressure.
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Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.
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Aretha Franklin was as important to the civil-rights movement as Malcolm X and Medgar Evers. Artists can choose to take on the tremendous amount of responsibility we have, or choose to ignore it.
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I don't think Steve Jobs had much desire to share his fortune.
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When someone asks me to do something, something new, something I don't know about, and if I haven't done it, I'll say yes. Just so I can try something new. You never know what you might like.
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I love watching Hollywood movies - I just don't know if I'd be happy doing a 'Jurassic Park.'
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If you don't know what your family stands for and what your life situation is, you're in trouble.
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I don't expect anybody to know who I am.
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As a kid, I was told to talk as much as possible.
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My next record I really just want it to be a collection of great songs, classic songs in a way.
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If you could go back and change things, you might not be the person you are right now.
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My message isn't perfectly defined. I have, as a human being, fallen to peer pressure.
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We have shown that regenerative medicine techniques can be used to generate functional bladders that are durable. This suggests that regenerative medicine may one day be a solution to the shortage of donor organs in this country for those needing transplants.
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When quick results are imperative, the manipulation of the masses through symbols may be the only quick way of having a critical thing done.
