Steven Spielberg Quotes
I always think if it's a good story, the audience can't wait to run out of the theater and go tweet somebody with the gist of a story, in a nutshell, almost, because it was that interesting.
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When I first put out music, people didn't know what I looked like. They called it a new type of something; they couldn't put a genre on it - it was where indie and urban kind of meet in the middle. I thought that was quite exciting.
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I don't have many friends in Philadelphia. I sort of have one. I have the dog and someone else.
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My mom is from Cuba, my dad is from Spain, and I grew up in Miami. So there's maybe a little more flair in me than typical Silicon Valley types.
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The security link between us and Europe is very important for European security but also for our security.
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I like watching films that can play in any language because they're essentially silent.
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I'm very strange, I'm not going to lie.
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I want to be judged on my own merits.
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It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.
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If I'm preparing for something and I've got a huge day the next day, I have to get into character the night before to assess the scene. I can't assess a scene unless I'm in character, if that makes sense.
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I was trying to manage school and training for the Olympics and ended up not doing well at either. That was a big lesson in my life. My mother expected both.
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When I grew up, I thought I was Jewish. Now I don't consider myself Jewish. I consider myself a Kabbalist.
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I try to shut out ideas about why you should do things. Trying to do good architecture and really designing a career? There's some attention to be paid to that, but I don't think it's everything.
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I sort of always had an inkling towards some kind of an art form. I grew up in a very small town, and I just figure-skated. My dad played hockey and I was surrounded by sports, but it wasn't quite doing it for me. I wasn't totally fulfilled, and I did a lot of skating.
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I read autobiographies because there is too much fiction in my life.
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Jadakiss is not no walk in no park. Nas is not no walk in no park. These are dudes that could have ended my career.
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Criticism always seemed to me a lot like police work. You look for clues, fingerprints, motives. You need to construct an airtight case.
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I'm a mother with two small children, so I don't take as much crap as I used to.
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People say that globalisation has negative aspects, but I don't believe globalisation is bad. It's criticised from a western perspective, but if you put yourself in the shoes of people in the developing world, it provides an unprecedented opportunity.
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Conflict comes from a person's own actions, not what someone else does to them.
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Reporters do decide what is news, but they don't invent it, even if they sometimes become part of the story by risking their lives in a danger zone, as in the case of ABC's Bob Woodruff and Doug Vogt.
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Whether it's 'The West Wing' or anything else, my first thought is always, 'What's a good story?'
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We write to tell a story, to describe an event, to imagine or explain what has been or will happen, to warn or touch or inspire. We write to express our most profound emotions—love and hatred, joy and sorrow, humor and sadness.
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I always think if it's a good story, the audience can't wait to run out of the theater and go tweet somebody with the gist of a story, in a nutshell, almost, because it was that interesting.
