John Hagel III Quotes
The challenge with SXSW and events like it is it's so big and overwhelming, it's easy to get lost in the crowd.
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I don't really know why I care so much. I just have something inside me that tells me that there is a problem, and I have got to do something about it. I think that is what I would call the God in me.
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When I was 5 and playing against 11-year-olds, who were bigger, stronger, faster, I just had to figure out a way to play with them.
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I only buy a computer when it's two years old, after the glitches have been worked out.
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If you're only going to give away 50 percent of your wealth... c'mon. I'm going to do much more than that.
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I like to be underdressed rather than overdressed. For an event or a premiere, it's fun to dress up more - then I like to experiment.
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I was always kind of florid. And full of rhetoric. That was my flaw. My whole time writing, I've had to work against that because it can be a wrecking posture.
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I know my fans want me on the screen. But I think hero-worship should not be allowed to corrupt the plot and narrative of a film.
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I'm all over the place, and I consider myself a bit of a scrounger: 'What will I do next, so I'm not broke?'
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For me beauty is valued more than anything - the beauty that is manifest in a curved line or in an act of creativity.
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If I lose, I lose. I'll do it on my terms.
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Among those who are satisfactory in this respect it is desirable to have represented as great a diversity of intellectual tradition, social milieu and personal character as possible.
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Sword fighting in film is not about how good the fighter is, but how good the actor receiving the blows is.
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If you're in your early 20s and you're hanging out with a bunch of other people in their early 20s, nobody has a sense of the kinds of problems that real 'workers' run into every day. They're running into a completely different set of problems like 'What's the party going on right now that I should be going to?'
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I'm relaxed about my career. I've been making movies for over 20 years, so I've earned at least the right to relax.
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I think people think of me as this elegant person because they always see me dressed up.
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I don't think that technology is going to allow for greater subjugation of people. I think it's gonna give them more freedom.
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I read my first P.G. Wodehouse when I was 12.
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There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual arousal, particularly in women. Chief among these is the Mercedes-Benz 380SL convertible.
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There can never be peace between nations until there is first known that true peace which is within the souls of men.
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Better the rudest work that tells a story or records a fact, than the richest without meaning.
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This is a sad time for all people. We have suffered a loss that cannot be weighed. For me, it is a deep, personal tragedy. I know the world shares the sorrow that Mrs. Kennedy and her family bear. I will do my best; that is all I can do. I ask for your help and God's.
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The challenge with SXSW and events like it is it's so big and overwhelming, it's easy to get lost in the crowd.
