Steven Amsterdam Quotes
I used to do jacket design, and I'm very conscious of covers, and probably meddle more than other authors would.
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I have a theory that if you're famous more years than you're not famous, then you get a little nutty.
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Whether it's backing up or starting, I have the confidence to go out there and do good, so I'm gonna play my role.
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I would hear stories about Steve Jobs and feel like he was at 100 percent exactly what he wanted to do, but I'm sure even a Steve Jobs has compromised. Even a Rick Owens has compromised. You know, even a Kanye West has compromised. Sometimes you don't even know when you're being compromised till after the fact, and that's what you regret.
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In the theater, it's a visceral and physical response because you move around so much. You have to do something physical to pull you in. On TV or in movies, everything is so small. You can just lock into a character and ease yourself into that way.
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The problem with binge-watching on Netflix is that you lose three days of your life.
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I'm quite a slow reader. It can take me quite a while to get though a book.
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I know I'm only one human being and I'm only making one tiny contribution and it's nothing more than that.
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We don't quite have the same comic book culture as America, but I would watch Spider-Man cartoons and X-Men cartoons and watch Bond as much as anyone on the planet.
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My upbringing was completely liberal from the start. In fact, I didn't even have a Muslim identity.
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Records were replaced by CDs, and lead type died in favor of computerized fonts. However, each had a 100-year ride of popularity, so you can't feel too bad for them.
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The name 'Republican' in some ways has been hijacked by obstructionists.
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First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.
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Looking at the other person’s point of view and arousing in him an eager want for something is not to be construed as manipulating that person so that he will do something that is only for your benefit and his detriment. Each party should gain from the negotiation.
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'In my ideal world, no child would suffer. Charitable instincts would prevail. There would be global acceptance of all different types of people.'-Learning To Sing, Page 240
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Be bold and wear things you like. If you want to wear a cropped top, do it!
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Dancehall has always had a homophobic problem, but you go to dance parties in Jamaica, and some of the biggest dancers are kinda gay, just not outspoken about it. Dancehall was the first kind of music I was DJing, and it was always more about the rhythm.
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My father was into fame and leaving his mark. He was a city planner, sort of a genius in that world, the Robert Moses of Philadelphia. He was on the cover of 'Time' once, and I remember going to his office and seeing, like, two hundred copies, which he would hand out to people.
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I think when you take away all, like, the premieres and press stuff and all the special effects, then you just come down to the fact that it's all about acting, and I think that has been the best bit for me.
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Africa the continent is not just what we see on the news. It's... not AIDS, and it's not just war and poverty. It's so much more. It's an abundant continent, and Botswana is an abundant place.
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When you value people, you give them freedom.
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My favorite guitar players are Chuck Berry and Brian May and Dave Davies from the Kinks.
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I did a radio interview for a station in Connecticut or something, and it was the worst interview ever. It was all yes and no answers.
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There are singers that I have enjoyed, from Nina Simone and Ray Charles onward. But the music that made music the number one thing for me as a youth was jazz.
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I used to do jacket design, and I'm very conscious of covers, and probably meddle more than other authors would.
