Harper Reed Quotes
When you have a good vision and a very large capability of impact, that's very powerful.
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I grew up. I began to think the United States had some problems that really required the help of artistic people to solve. And I gave myself permission to be a writer instead of a civil servant.
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I think I have a better sense of my weaknesses - being self-important, selfish and having a big ego probably triggers all the other stuff. I can see myself more clearly.
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When incomes and bonuses decrease, revenues falter, and businesses stumble, it's more important than ever to give - not necessarily more, but in a way that matters more. When incomes are down and wallets are stretched, the effectiveness of our giving is what really counts.
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Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
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It's a place where I could do something on a weekly basis and see if I like it.
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I said to myself as Junction Point embarked on the Epic Mickey journey that, worst case, we'd be 'a footnote in Disney history.' Looking back on it, I think we did far better than that.
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The modern artist is working with space and time, and expressing his feelings rather than illustrating.
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I've never had a problem with people paying attention to what you're doing and say they find that they liked it.
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I was born in Evanston, Illinois. I spent my elementary and part of my junior high school years in a D.C. suburb. And then I spent my high school years in Minnesota. And then I spent my college years in Colorado. And then I spent some time living in China. And then I spent three years in Vermont before moving down to Nashville.
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Poems have a different music from ordinary language, and every poem has a different kind of music of necessity, and that's, in a way, the hardest thing about writing poetry is waiting for that music, and sometimes you never know if it's going to come.
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Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.
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There is no arguing with Johnson: for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it.
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Vulnerability is not weakness. And that myth is profoundly dangerous.
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Every performer has a little gem, a little pearl they have done that nobody pays much attention to. And then one day, somebody does recognize it, which is so gratifying.
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It's a great thing to have: that pressure everywhere you go, that responsibility. I think it's good to have it.
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Traditional consumer banking will come under extreme pressure as its central deposit-taking and lending functions are challenged by online savings vehicles, crowdfunding, and loan syndicating by such nontraditional competitors as insurance companies, pension and hedge funds.
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While choosing shows, I look at stories and the concept, and that has to be different.
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Being a CISO is a tough job. I have the end responsibility for the personal information of over a billion people.
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Every nurse ought to be careful to wash her hands very frequently during the day. If her face, too, so much the better.
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The fragments for the past, for me, are not without life.
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Movies touch our hearts, and awaken our vision, and change the way we see things. They take us to other places. They open doors and minds. Movies are the memories of our lifetime. We need to keep them alive.
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You have to take ownership and leadership of tomorrow. For that to be possible, you have to strengthen your capacity and widen your vision as a global citizen.
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I try to dig deep into the well of my subconscious. At a certain moment in that process, the lid is opened and very different ideas and visions are liberated. With those I can start making a film. But maybe it's better that you don't open that lid completely, because if you release your subconscious it becomes really hard to live a social or family life.
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When you have a good vision and a very large capability of impact, that's very powerful.
