Scott Cook Quotes

Even some of the greatest technology-led revolutions, or allegedly technology-led, really were only made possible because of trends already present.

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• Since Auschwitz, we know what man is capable of. And since Hiroshima, we know what is at stake.

  

  Viktor E. Frankl
  • Man
  • Know
  • Capable

• I'm cranky.

  

  Larry David
  • Cranky

• Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.

  

  Felicia Hemans
  • Long
  • Joy
  • Suffering

• While many of us never knew Ronald Reagan personally, we felt close to him because we shared his lighthearted sense of humor, admired his uncommon virtue, and were moved by his remarkable wisdom.

  

  Randy Forbes
  • Wisdom
  • Never
  • Humor

• A lot of times when you play... you get this adrenalin that blocks pain.

  

  Venus Williams
  • You
  • Play
  • Pain

• I have two sisters, and we are the best of friends.

  

  Laura Carmichael
  • Friends
  • Best
  • Two

• It's not like I go out there to be a sex symbol. I mean, it's nice of course - but embarrassing.

  

  Daniel Craig
  • Nice
  • Mean
  • Sex

• When I was 16 or 17, I started listening to Death Cab, and I started writing my own songs. I was writing alternative rock, and I had a seven-piece band. The shift was just iterations of experimentation and finding what sounded right. When I stumbled on the sound and vibe that I currently have, it was kind of by chance.

  

  Verite
  • Writing
  • Death
  • Band

• The day of the absolute is over, and we're in for the strange gods once more.

  

  D. H. Lawrence
  • Day
  • Strange
  • Once

• My passion for 'Star Trek' is actually rooted in my love of television and the art of franchise and a premise designed to stick people together that have to figure out what to do.

  

  Dan Harmon
  • People
  • Art
  • Passion

• I thought, I need to reinvent myself. I want every day of life to be wonderful, fascinating, interesting, creative. And what am I gonna do to make that happen?

  

  Karen Allen
  • Life
  • Interesting
  • Day

• No one reads my books until they're finished because I don't want feedback. It confuses me, and it changes things; if I get too much feedback, I get thrown off my path.

  

  Zoe Foster Blake
  • Books
  • Feedback
  • Confuses

• I haven't written a young-adult book in years. I'm also doing six 'Goosebumps' books a year now.

  

  R. L. Stine
  • Book
  • Doing
  • Year

• Tamils all over the world have a sense of belonging to the world itself, but our ancient roots come from India. I would like to explore India. I will keep coming back. This is the closest I can get to home.

  

  M.I.A.
  • World
  • Home
  • Explore

• My beliefs encompass all religions. But I never show my religious inclination in my films. My characters have dark sides; they aren't the god-fearing characters. It wasn't a conscious decision. I'm a very lazy and emotional person who connects with the common man.

  

  Madhur Bhandarkar
  • God
  • Man
  • Dark

• We have a tendency to sugar coat the Civil Rights movement by showing arm in arm and everyone singing 'Kumbaya'. We don't really always show the resistance from the government, the resistance from the status quo, from the majority to silence the movement.

  

  Nate Parker
  • Government
  • Singing
  • Silence

• Life should be great rather than long.

  

  Babasaheb
  • Life
  • Great
  • Long

• Yes. Otherwise I could have done a lot of Hollywood movies. After Crouching Tiger I got a lot of offers, but I turned them down because they were all victim roles - poor girls sold to America to be a wife or whatever. I know I have the ability to go deeper, to take on more original roles than that.

  

  Zhang Ziyi
  • Done
  • America
  • Wife

• 'Splendour' broke through to new territory for me. It exposed my commitment to writing for women: my desire to recognise that they can be as aggressive, violent, mercurial, and complex as men.

  

  Abi Morgan
  • Men
  • Writing
  • Women

• I love George R.R. Martin's 'Game of Thrones' series.

  

  Rae Carson
  • Love
  • Game
  • I Love

• I remember being taught to read at a very early age. Like creepy young. I remember being in the crib, reading. My parents were very impressed. My reading speed, comprehension and overall ability has remained at that level ever since.

  

  J. J. Abrams
  • Remember
  • Age
  • Parents

• It's a really natural thing: The people closest in your life are the people you want the first opinions from. At the end of the day, if you're not trying to impress those people first, then I think there's something wrong there.

  

  Jack Antonoff Fun.
  • People
  • Life
  • Trying

• My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.

  

  Desmond Tutu
  • Up
  • Together
  • Humanity

• Even some of the greatest technology-led revolutions, or allegedly technology-led, really were only made possible because of trends already present.

  

  Scott Cook
  • Technology
  • Revolution
  • Trends