Harper Reed Quotes
The advice I used to give to engineers I hired was, 'Don't eat the pizza.' Sometimes when you walk into these high-pressure environments, it's, like, doughnuts everywhere and all these little cakes.
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Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.
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And from a military school which taught me that to fit into society, you can't just do anything you damn well please because it will suit you. And that it's much better to be with the winners than it is with the losers.
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I create from a place of passion. It's like a pregnancy, where you create from a place of passion, and then it grows, and then before you know it, you want to push that baby out.
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I've always maintained - a captain is only as good as his team. It is not about my leadership, it is not about me.
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Doing it your own way, not having to go exactly by the book to be successful.
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I lived the first five years of my life on a farm in Union City, Michigan, with my mom and grandparents. It was the most magical time of my life.
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When we were making KONG, I went into the sound room and made an aria of horror sounds. I was in charge of it; there was no one there to listen to me. I was totally in charge of what I wanted to do.
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My heroes are the camera crew and the electricians. They work such long hours.
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People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.
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It's all matchups, and I knew that I matched up well against 'Rumble' Johnson.
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I love an iPad game of Scrabble.
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I think there is a big difference between the music business and music. And my relationship is to music, not music business. I think the business will keep changing, but music won't. Music will be there.
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The web is democratising and also the voice of people who don't think they have another outlet. And that voice can be punitive.
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I'd like more kids to go and see theatre because it really is amazing.
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I know that a ridiculous number of classic serials have been commissioned, and that reviews show a reaction against them. The critics seem fed up.
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A lot of people have said I'm the anti-Kim Kardashian and I'm all right with that.
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Films are now made by accountants. They pick a pretty young female or male face out of the air and give them a part - not because they think that person is right for it or is ready for it, but because they think that person will make them money.
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I want to use whatever resources in the world we can use, unite whatever force we can unite, ally with whichever partner we can find.
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I think the advice, regardless of gender, is always be open to conversations with people who do things differently than you do. If you're starting to work in tech, talk to the artists, talk to the lawyers, talk to the people who are interested in other things.
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My advice to young film-makers is this: don't follow trends, start them!
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One person's rights do not have to come at the expense of another's. If we can find common ground on religious freedom and LGBT issues in Utah - one of the nation's most religious and conservative states - we can do it anywhere in the country.
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While I do not agree with the tactics my opponent used to achieve this office, the voters have spoken and I respect their decision.
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The advice I used to give to engineers I hired was, 'Don't eat the pizza.' Sometimes when you walk into these high-pressure environments, it's, like, doughnuts everywhere and all these little cakes.
