Jon Watts Quotes
The movie I made with my friends in my hometown based on a dream becomes a stepping stone to 'Spider-Man.' I wish I could say this was an amazing, calculated path but... It's so weird.
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Oxford is Oxford: not a mere receptacle for youth, like Cambridge. Perhaps it wants its inmates to love it rather than to love one another.
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If I can still have Hollywood and a piece of Bollywood, I will take it.
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Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.
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Beautiful updos with natural hair are great!
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The pace of innovation may slow down or speed up depending on the appetite in the public markets, but the constant progress of technology doesn't really ever stop. There's always opportunities for new ideas and creative people to go build great things. I'm always interested in learning about those kinds of opportunities.
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To get promoted, company executives need to be able to see you as one of them.
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We cannot build a viable state with a country that is disintegrating into small pieces.
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I want people to recognize me for the work I do now as a model, and not something I did three years ago.
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I think young generation is always better than last generation. No matter you like it or don't like it. My father said, 'Jack, I'm so good, you'll never be' - but I'm better than him. My father is better than my grandfather. My children will be better than us.
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Effective teacher support in my mind is the same thing as effective management. Our teachers need strong management, just like anyone in any profession.
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The more women serve in executive office, the more confidence they gain in themselves and that voters gain in them.
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I've been saying for years that readers want inexpensive ebooks.
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The plastic bottle we're throwing away every day still stays there. And if we show that to people, then we can also promote some behavioral change.
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I sold a bunch of stuff. I sold Omaha Steaks, vacation packages... the worst, though, was Time Life Books, because no one wants Time Life Books. No one wants an 'Encyclopedia Brittanica' showing up at their house.
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I took the first James Kelman novel, 'The Bus Conductor Hines', home to my dad. I thought, 'My dad will like this; it's written in Scots.' But my dad said: 'I can't read that.' He was reading James Bond and John le Carre. That was part of what attracted me to crime - the idea of getting a wide audience.
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I always wanted to be an ambassador.
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You accomplish what you want to accomplish. I just don't ever want to hurt anybody doing it.
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I was surprised by how much I liked 'Hacksaw Ridge' and its depth.
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The liquidation of colonialism is a trend of the times which no force can hold back.
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Turnaround or growth, it's getting your people focused on the goal that is still the job of leadership.
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I'll spend the rest of my life chasing that feeling I had on 'The Grey,' because I think we're all aware that, first and foremost, we were having an adventure, and we were also making this movie at the same time.
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Mama is my chance to be a stand-up comedian. In my mind, it's my chance to be Chris Rock.
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In the future, I want a movie career, kids and a happy marriage.
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The movie I made with my friends in my hometown based on a dream becomes a stepping stone to 'Spider-Man.' I wish I could say this was an amazing, calculated path but... It's so weird.
