Adam D'Angelo Quotes
I have a view that if you build something that's good, and you keep making it better, it lasts.
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If I had a big brother who was a year older than me or something, I probably wouldn't have ended up being a filmmaker.
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I'd love to do something where I can act and dance at the same time, like on Broadway or in movies.
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The United States is a low-trade - low-tariff country.
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The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.
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I have never Twittered or Tweeted or even Chirped.
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It's not that I'm opposed to doing a big-budget action movie. But it has to be the right project.
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Investing in gold is one of the wisest decisions that you can make as an investor.
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When I was a kid, I wanted a Chanel bob and bangs. My mom said no. I went to the salon anyway, and they said, 'No way - we are not going to do that to your hair.' So I did it myself. Big mistake. Instead of my bangs going down straight, they were sticking up like a cat. It was horrible.
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Writing is not like acting, where you can pull these little stunts that create a particular effect. Words are all it is about, and the way you use words has to be individual and particular to you.
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College dropouts with significant debt struggle with repayment over the course of their lives and do not receive the benefits afforded to their peers who have debt but obtain higher-paying jobs as a result of college completion.
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The Chinese are really good at diplomacy - and even at making their interlocutors feel very uncomfortable.
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From my debut until now, I've always wanted to sing and dance.
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A startup is literally just a series of unfortunate events where you failed, failed, failed, and failed until you succeed.
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I was a huge fan of comedy and movies and TV growing up, and I was able to memorize and mimic a lot of things, not realizing that that meant I probably wanted to be an actor. I just really, really amused myself and my friends with memorizing entire George Carlin or Steve Martin albums.
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It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his planet; the bylaws are shorter, and he is personally acquainted with the other members.
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You don't have to find out what someone's mechanical abilities are. All those factors are already a known commodity. I've seen teams win championships and have their entire team quit the next day because they weren't happy.
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My grandma would say if someone else calls you a hillbilly, you might need to punch them in the nose. But if we call ourselves hillbillies, it's a sort of a term of endearment, something that we have co-opted.
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Madonna is a creation, so perhaps we should give her and the factory that created her a little credit, but I think that she should quietly disappear now. Poor Madge seems unable to decide whether she wants to look like Marilyn Monroe or Marlene Dietrich.
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I think personality correction is necessary for successful men, like prime ministers, businessmen, politicians... it's essential that one should keep an eye on one's own personality. You must have seen people in politics who become chief ministers and then pass into oblivion - how egotistical they became and how pathetic they look.
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I am up there onstage alone with that guitar. I don't have to consider no one else and whether they are comfortable. I need very little.
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If we are to change our world view, images have to change. The artist now has a very important job to do. He's not a little peripheral figure entertaining rich people, he's really needed.
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It is absolutely imperative that we protect, preserve and pass on this genetic heritage for man and every other living thing in as good a condition as we received it.
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I have a view that if you build something that's good, and you keep making it better, it lasts.
