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.Dagobert D. Runes
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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.
Dana Rohrabacher -
I grew up in a very large, poor family.
Florence Henderson -
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.
G. Willow Wilson -
If you date one woman a year, times 10 years, and that's 10 women.
Ira Glass -
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.'
Edgar Wright -
I have a classic taste with a twist, because classic never goes away.
Nadia Comaneci
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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.
Randy Bachman The Guess Who -
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.
Victoria Osteen -
I grew up watching 'Raging Bull.'
Vincent Cassel -
All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.
Napoleon Hill -
I really bonded with my mom, growing up, through our love of horror movies!
Garrett Clayton -
I have reservations about everything I do.
Larry David
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I have five horses. My first was a professional jumper named Santos. I got him when I was 18.
Kaley Cuoco -
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.
Felicity Jones -
When I was younger, I thought about retiring.
Tanya Tucker -
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.
Takeshi Kitano -
I'm fascinated by the way Diane Arbus saw things. She came from this fashion background and then twisted it.
Raf Simons -
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.
Jack Ma
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Detroit's a good investment because, first of all, the entry fee for everything is lower. And, you've got the talent that is here that is ambitious and motivated, so you're going to get in on a much lower cost structure in every way, shape, or form from labor to buildings to whatever.
Dan Gilbert -
In my last year of school, I was voted Class Optimist and Class Pessimist. Looking back, I realize I was only half right.
Jack Nicholson -
You can't base your life on other people's expectations.
Stevie Wonder -
I will never, ever forget the electricity I felt the first time I listened to the 'Purple Rain' soundtrack - and many times since.
Betsy Hodges -
It is sad when people can't connect, and the sense of desperation that you feel when there is nothing to look forward to.
David Frankel -
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.
Dagobert D. Runes