Jonah Peretti Quotes
People don't do good work when they feel like losers and are second-class citizens within their own company.
Quotes to Explore
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Any actor is happy to be involved with something that's challenging, controversial, and not easily palatable. Things that are too dumbed down or easy to swallow are uninteresting... It's good when people have such a polarizing response.
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When you're a producer and an artist you're very critical of yourself. I like to produce other people, but I'm not that good at producing myself.
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Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any in the world.
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There are so many more women and men who deserve opportunities. People of color. Period.
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People have got to get together and work together. I'm tired of the kind of oppression that white people have inflicted on us and are still trying to inflict.
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I think I was dealt a good hand. I have happy genes.
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I put myself out there; it's part of my job, and I get it: people will attack me. At first I was thrown off, but now I have a pretty thick skin about it.
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I used to sit in front of McDonald's and ask people for dollars to get me a cheeseburger. It was bad.
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People thought we were a joke because we got noticed so fast.
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In my work in Haiti, I've seen the hugely positive effects that happen when people come together to build something in the middle of the most desperate situations.
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I love proving people wrong.
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He does all research now, but he put me on some medication, Zoloft, and, I tell you what, a lot of people have had pros and cons about it, but it was my wonder drug.
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I want to try and work in different genres with different types of actors, on small movies and big movies.
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My ideal relaxation is working on upholstry. I spend hours in junk shops buying furniture. I do all the upholstery work myself, and it's like therapy.
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I am not a political writer. I agree with Stieg Larsson and Henning Mankell, who are social writers. I can't write in that fashion. I am not good enough for that. What I am interested in is family dramas and why we are doing bad things to each other and what our motives are.
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At the end of the day, I just want to see good gymnastics!
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My best stories come out of nowhere, with no concern for form at all.
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I can understand why some people might look at me and say, 'What's she got to be depressed about?' I get that a lot in Britain, where mental health issues seem to be a big taboo.
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I remember being at Greenblatt's on Sunset, and some guy just walked straight up to me, and he had some bling on and whatever, and said something about a party down in Malibu and asked if I would jump in his car and go to the party. All I could think was, 'Who are you? I don't know you, and I don't care about how good your car is.'
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I love knowing that people are connecting to my lyrics, my music and me.
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I have gone from one relationship to a marriage and stepchildren.
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When I started writing, I just hoped for a nice little paperback series.
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It's taken me 30 years to get this way, and I don't intend to let go. I work hard, but I play hard, too, and that's the one part of me that nobody sees. But I intend to be around for a long time yet.
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People don't do good work when they feel like losers and are second-class citizens within their own company.
