Nick Bilton Quotes
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I've always wanted to play quarterback, and I lucked out to be able to play for my favorite team - America's team. I'm just living the moment. I feel like all of this was supposed to happen. When you work hard, things work your way.
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What's surprised me most about the demands of blogging - the relentlessness of it. 24-hour news cycle, every media imaginable right here in New York, totally fair game.
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I used to hate any batsman who would not get out in my deliveries.
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We should not judge Islam by terrorists. All civilizations and cultures produce terrorists. Every time there is a flag-burning, killing, or provocative films, I'm worried, not because something radical will happen, and this time, some people are killed. We're very sorry for that.
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I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows, with a harp and sword in my hands.
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My life has taken me down several different paths I never expected it to take me down. Not in a million years.
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When I found this opportunity to answer the ad, I got the job and I've been there ever since.
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The young men in the inner city are without guidance, robbing and shooting each other with no remorse... Our system is crazy because we're planning to fail. Everybody needs something to grasp on to.
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Chief executives, who themselves own few shares of their companies, have no more feeling for the average stockholder than they do for baboons in Africa.
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I would like to be more fit, but I don't think I will put on fat or gain weight for movie roles. I am not going to do that.
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With 'Transformers,' I'm going to get to drive fast cars and have a lot of fun. That's what appeals to me about it. I want to have as much fun as possible.
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Usually in features, I'm the lead. I consider the director the captain, but I consider myself the first mate, and it's up to me to keep in contact with the heart of the crew.
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I tried for a short time to be something I wasn't, and had no success with it. It's a practical solution to just be yourself.
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My parents don't have any showbusiness links. They are so far away from it.
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All the other characters are so well-rounded, and it's just frustrating because female characters aren't. It's not that they're badly written, they're just underwritten. They have no internal monologues; they could be absolutely anyone.
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No man shall be more exacting of me or my conduct than I am of myself.
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The thing about abs is if you hit them daily, you feel more put-together.
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When you come to the end of all the light you know, and it's time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things shall happen: either you will be given something solid to stand on or you will be taught to fly.
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Without sounding overly sentimental about the process, I'd say trying to describe how you tend to conceive of a book is like describing how you tend to fall in love.
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I'm so glad that I didn't give up on myself and there were people who didn't give up on me.
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Egil Olsen should have gone six games ago. He was totally useless. I'd like to give him a right-hander!
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Our best work can't possibly appeal to the average masses, only our average work can. Finding the humility to happily walk away from those that don't get it unlocks our ability to do great work.
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A person who is discreet in speaking will be useful during the good times and will avoid punishment during the bad.
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Some people are destined for greatness; others fall up a hill to get there.
