Thomas A. Edison Quotes
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The role of designers and product makers is to really become much better editors. What kind of functionality is actually needed - and truly delightful - to consumers? Remove all the extraneous stuff.
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I think the National League has better biorhythms in July.
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I use my platform as a tool and a way to speak about greater change.
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I don't know why directors sign on to these projects and completely rewrite everything.
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Brad Pitt is a dude who just wants to make good movies. He's not afraid to surround himself with the greatest actors, which I always appreciate because I've also seen actors who only want to surround themselves with weak actors because it makes them look better. That ends up making a poorer movie.
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All of my books are based in some way on my personal experiences, or the experiences of members of my family, or the stories kids would tell me in school.
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I do find my speech difficult at times, but it's getting so much better as my confidence grows and that's thanks to the position I'm now in, which is totally due to my fans.
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That's what film can do in a way that TV and other long-form storytelling can't. It gives you this very immersive moment.
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I always say the greats just get better.
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What I hate in fiction is when the author knows better than the characters what they should do.
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Disney's something to be a little alarmed about. It's not just a little theme park anymore. It's now an ethic and outlook and strategy that goes way beyond central Florida.
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An artist can be truly evaluated only after he is dead. At the very 11th hour, he might do something that will eclipse everything else.
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Nothing is better than peace, by which all warfare of heavenly and earthly foes is brought to naught.
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Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.
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Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way.
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Well, it'd certainly be fascinating if we discovered that gays were better at being married than heterosexuals are. Talk about irony.
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I got better as an actor, and still I'm getting better. That's only been possible because there's always been work.
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I time everything. I'm a scientist at heart.
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Africa has been going through so much for so many years; it's time that it stands up the way other nations are standing up.
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There are certain things we come into this world having to defeat. And for me, and I would not be surprised if a lot of women feel this same way, it's this thing of not being 100 percent comfortable with myself.
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You can do pretty much anything you want in this world, and it's not all that difficult - you just have to ignore the people who tell you that you need to go this way, and it's the only way.
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I learned early in life that laughter is a great way to diffuse and uncomfortable situation, so I began to use that as a tool, throughout my life.
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Violence is literally the glue of the cycle of life, and yet I think that we're the only species that does it maliciously.
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There is a better way for everything. Find it.
