Reed Hastings (Wilmot Reed Hastings Jr.) Quotes
I learned the value of focus. I learned it is better to do one product well than two products in a mediocre way.
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With a face like this, there aren't a lot of lawyers or priest roles coming my way. I've got a face that was meant for a mug shot, and that's what I've been doing for the past thirty years.
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I am remarkably pleased with Obama. I had grave misgivings about him.
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I live with my family. I moved to L.A. eight years ago, and it's the same room. But I'm looking now. I might get a condo.
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Being an actor means asking people to look at you. I guess I accept that. But it's a profession in which the job is to show another world and other people. You may access it through bits of yourself, and your imagination and experience, but actually, in the end, you're not playing yourself.
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Comic book readers tend to be pretty secular and anti-authoritarian; nothing is above satire in their eyes.
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Eventually, the bad boy image affects fans' willingness to show up.
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I like somebody who's not so crazy but likes to have a good time... and who is thoughtful and kind and easy to laugh with. Somebody you can just be yourself with one hundred and fifty percent.
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I'm not really one of those people who believes that if you're a musician you can just leave that behind and start getting into politics.
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When I was a boy I used to do what my father wanted. Now I have to do what my boy wants. My problem is: When am I going to do what I want?
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This crisis of long-term unemployment is having a profoundly damaging impact on the lives of those bearing the brunt of it. We know this thanks to a series of careful studies of the problem conducted in the depths of the 1930s Great Depression.
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From my perspective, probably women are won over by people who are sweet and respectful and courteous and kind and funny. I think those are the things that win women over.
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I feel like after acting, the other half of why I love this business is the opportunity to work with and meet people who inspire you. That it pays my rent is a good bonus.
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I'm a lot luckier than most people, although I used to look at it the other way around-that so many people seemed luckier than me.
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My point of view is that when I am playing cricket I cannot think that this game is less or more important.
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Appointments to the higher judiciary must be through transparent processes, which ensure that persons of impeccable integrity and high competence are appointed to these positions.
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I was single-minded on what I wanted to do since I was like nine or ten.
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We want to help U.S. entrepreneurs, small business owners, and brands and companies of all sizes sell their goods to the growing Chinese consumer class. Chinese consumers will get to buy the American products they want. This, in turn, will help create American jobs and increase U.S. exports.
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I am not responsible for the actions of Saakashvili and even for those of Gamsakhurdia.
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When I first arrived in America, the very first place I came was California, and I rented a house in Trance, which is about half an hour from Malibu.
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I got to read some writings by serial killers, and they got inside my head. They were quite disturbing. I read disturbing stuff about that very detached way of manipulating people to do things.
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Those who store, package, and sell the food we serve our families have a responsibility to maintain basic standards of cleanliness in their facilities.
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Thanks for the advice, but it never pays to run from a bully. That would only endanger whoever I chose to stay with.
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Some people are naturally thin, and some are heavier. There is a lot of focus on it, and it can be a lot of pressure for people. But honestly, I think as long as someone is healthy, that is most important.
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I learned the value of focus. I learned it is better to do one product well than two products in a mediocre way.
