Jonah Peretti Quotes
It's so much easier to write for a person in your life than to write for some imagined readership, so you write something that's more intimate and true.
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I haven't done Vine in a long time, and when I first started, I just did stuff that I thought was funny.
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Not all ideas will be accepted, but every idea deserves its own space, and every idea deserves to be expressed.
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When you promise something, you must fulfill it.
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I'd say that Spanish football is probably the best I've seen.
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I'll tell you sort of an odd story: My music taste changed on 9/11. And it's very strange. I actually intellectually find this very curious. But on 9/11, I didn't like how rock music responded. And country music collectively, the way they responded, it resonated with me.
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Waste Management was based in Chicago, but I lived in Ft. Lauderdale and for 10 years had to commute to work - catch the 5 P.M. Sunday flight to Chicago and the midnight return flight on Friday.
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It's nice not to be too boring.
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The true character of ministry is a servants heart.
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The studio have always claimed that the ship is the star of the show, especially when they're renegotiating contracts.
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The groundhogs are pretty good at eluding. If somebody is trying to come after a ground hog, they go and they burrow.
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I have to have a cheat day. I know when I'm being good all week long that come Sunday, I'm going to lie by the pool, have a drink, and eat some pizza.
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The characters I've portrayed may outwardly be quite different from one another, but I've found that they're also intrinsically linked.
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A lot changed when I had Natasha. I'm a survivor.
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Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and your muscles will atrophy.
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Basically, books were a luxury item before the printing press.
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I've been able to sell a number of pilots. Most have been based on my personal experience, so basically, my pitches have been like 'Sit-'n-Spin' pieces.
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There is no black-and-white situation. It's all part of life. Highs, lows, middles.
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Death means change our clothes. Clothes become old, then time to come change. So this body become old, and then time come, take young body.
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I feel like I'm more of the underdog, which is kind of nice.
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Mars is the only place in the solar system where it's possible for life to become multi-planetarian.
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Life in community is no less than a necessity for us, an inescapable ‘must’all life created by God exists in communal order and works toward community.
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Tough times don't last, but tough people do. And I've been through some tough times, and I know a lot of people can recall tough times, and maybe are going through some tough times right now, but they don't last.
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You just have to be very humble if America has really worked for you like it has for me. Most of my friends are poor. Most of my siblings are poor. I see how hard it is just to get money unless you've got some incredible luck or work incredibly hard. I want everyone to do well. I wish 'Wayne's World' money on you!
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It's so much easier to write for a person in your life than to write for some imagined readership, so you write something that's more intimate and true.
