Steve Krug Quotes
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Fame didn't happen to me in my 20s, it has been a gradual thing which probably makes it easier to deal with.
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Why you kill me? I never did you anything. Not kill me! I beg not to be locked up. Never let me out of my prison - not kill me! You kill me before I understand what life is. You must tell me why you locked me up!
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When I'm in Senegal, I can't just sit in isolation making music. People need my help. And the Senegalese people helped create my music. It comes from the country itself.
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I hear a lot of bad TV commercials that try to sound like Where It's At. That pretty much turned me off from using the electric piano for a lot of years.
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The Secure Fence Act, which authorizes the construction of 700 miles of security barriers along the southwest border, has now been sent to President Bush for his signature. This piece of legislation is an important piece of the border security puzzle.
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I like freedom. I wake up in the morning and say, 'I don't know, should I have a popsicle or a donut?' You know, who knows?
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The most annoying and full-of-crap thing a writer says is, 'I write only for myself, I don't care if anyone reads it.' A writer without a reader doesn't exist.
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The sky is a free asset in design, and nothing unnecessary should be planted that takes away the sky.
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'Being green' is commendable, but I hope that people don't take too much pride and self-adoration because they shut off the water when they brushed their teeth. The truth of the matter is, conservation alone will do little to save our planet.
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I always had career goals. And I figured out a path I wanted to take to accomplish those goals. If that meant calling the best modeling agency in the world, that's what it meant.
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Mass layoffs produce big winners and losers. Most workers who remain are financially unscathed, even though their employer is struggling.
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I've played a ghost, cat, snake. I've been funny, sad. I've been filmed flying on screen. So why not spend time on something else? I don't need to accept everything I'm offered.
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I just wasn't cut out to be a Chinese Tiger Mom. I'm more of an Irish Setter Dad.
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Democratic forms of government are vulnerable to mass prejudice, the so-called tyranny of the majority.
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Looks, health and elegance are what counts. Someone can look wonderful in a sweatsuit.
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Nothing's going to come to you by sitting around and waiting for it.
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Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it.
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Under trees, the urban dweller might restore his troubled soul and find the blessing of a creative pause.
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Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength.
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There's always a risk when the candidate becomes president: Will he deliver what is expected of him?
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When I moved to New York, I wanted to be in the ensemble of 'Hairspray.' That was my goal.
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For states in demographic decline with ever more lavish social programs, the question is a simple one: Can they get real? Can they grow up before they grow old? If not, then they'll end their days in societies dominated by people with a very different worldview.
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When you get a chance to work with Aaron Sorkin, you don't say no. You drop everything you're doing.
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Keep it simple, so you'll keep doing it.
