John Lasseter Quotes
Animation is the only thing I ever wanted to do in my whole life. I have no desire for live-action or anything else.
Quotes to Explore
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When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.
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I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.
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Acting is exciting. It is different every time you do it.
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I'm not trying to be coy or manipulative or Machiavellian, I want to spark people's imaginations.
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The first thing I read was of my character on the phone talking to Sydney's fiance. Though short, it was so beautifully written, and it made me laugh. I thought if I wanted to play a character, this would be it.
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When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?
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Criticism in the universities, I'll have to admit, has entered a phase where I am totally out of sympathy with 95% of what goes on. It's Stalinism without Stalin.
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Vilification on the grounds of race or religion is always wrong. There's no place for inciting hatred within our Australia society.
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My parents were divorced by the time I was even conscious - like, I don't remember them ever being together.
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Another argument, vaguer and even less persuasive, is that gay marriage somehow does harm to heterosexual marriage. I have yet to meet anyone who can explain to me what this means. In what way would allowing same-sex partners to marry diminish the marriages of heterosexual couples?
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When kids are met with the highest expectations and given the extra supports they need, they can be as motivated as kids anywhere.
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People weren't buying as many records. My record company did not want me. I went through three record companies, went on tour at the wrong time. It destroyed me.
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I don't watch any horror films. I get scared very easily.
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I fell in love, not deep, but I fell several times and then fell out.
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I made nothing happen very slowly.
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I played ping-pong with Prince. That's pretty surreal. He gave me a lesson before we played; like, he's great. He's a master at it, so I took the free lesson.
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I am always looking for ways to move technology away from being over-featured. Moving to Silicon Valley in the mid-1990s meant I grew up as a designer in an environment where technology is a tool and not a means to an end. I believe that design should be driven by ideas, not style.
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Investors are right to demand a clear path to self-sustainability from every business they invest in, and I believe we should ask for the same from philanthropy.
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Shackle your mind when you bend on the cross,When ignorance reigns life is lost.
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If people think I look good, it's the make-up.
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'The Impossible Dream' is, in my opinion, one of the greatest songs ever written. Here is a man, an old man, a very old man full of daring, bravery, courage, determination, romanticism and dreams.
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Most people are searching for a path to success that is both easy and certain. Most paths are neither.
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When I came to the U.S., I tried to take shortcuts to make money - but everything crashed.
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Animation is the only thing I ever wanted to do in my whole life. I have no desire for live-action or anything else.
