Dagobert D. Runes Quotes
The worst thing that ever happened to writing is that it became a business, The purpose of business is to make money, and to achieve that end it is necessary to please as many people as possible, to amuse them, to entertain them - in short, to do everything that will help increase the volume of sales.
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If al Qaeda or any other enemy of our country manages to create a situation or explode a bomb or murder or incapacitate large numbers of our people, we cannot wait for 7 weeks of a special election in order to deal with that.
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I grew up in a very large, poor family.
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My career is a black comedy of sorts. I spent a lot of time explaining myself to various different groups. But more and more, I'm finding that the desire to communicate, which all these audiences share, is a powerful thing.
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If you date one woman a year, times 10 years, and that's 10 women.
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There have been recorded cases of people learning how to fly a plane after playing a flight simulator, but there's never been a case of someone learning to fight by playing 'Tekken.'
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I have a classic taste with a twist, because classic never goes away.
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I learned at an early age that I was given something special when I was born, and that was the gift of music.
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Well, I - you know, the scripture says that God works by faith. And you have to have faith. You have to have trust in God so that God can work.
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I grew up watching 'Raging Bull.'
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All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.
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I really bonded with my mom, growing up, through our love of horror movies!
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I have reservations about everything I do.
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I have five horses. My first was a professional jumper named Santos. I got him when I was 18.
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You have to be brave and not always play likeable people. It's difficult, because there's a demand for the hero or heroine to be very likeable.
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When I was younger, I thought about retiring.
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I intentionally shoot violence to make the audience feel real pain. I have never and I will never shoot violence as if it's some kind of action video game.
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I'm fascinated by the way Diane Arbus saw things. She came from this fashion background and then twisted it.
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I call Alibaba '1,001 mistakes.' We expanded too fast, and then in the dot-com bubble, we had to have layoffs. By 2002, we had only enough cash to survive for 18 months. We had a lot of free members using our site, and we didn't know how we'd make money. So we developed a product for China exporters to meet U.S. buyers online. This model saved us.
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I ain't got nothing to prove to nobody.
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I've always had tremendous support from my parents. I think there's a myth that gay people have lousy relationships with their parents.
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You can be stern and forthright, and that's my management style, but when you lose it totally, that's a sign of weakness.
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My gay audience has been with me from the beginning.
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The worst thing that ever happened to writing is that it became a business, The purpose of business is to make money, and to achieve that end it is necessary to please as many people as possible, to amuse them, to entertain them - in short, to do everything that will help increase the volume of sales.
