Bob Lefsetz Quotes
You think everybody's paying attention to what you're doing. No, they're paying attention to what's interesting to them.Bob Lefsetz
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I think we should be encouraged to learn from Columbine and let it be a battle cry for all of us.
Foster Friess -
People tweet before they think, and it becomes obsessive.
Ian McShane -
The basic idea for what became 'Epic Mickey' began at the Disney Think Tank.
Warren Spector -
I don't think Will does get upstaged because his reaction is always funnier than what is actually happening. That is also the reason Tommy is funnier than Will.
Barry Sonnenfeld -
Young adults in their late 20s are confronted by so many choices - there are so many different paths to choose. Sometimes I think we just fill our lives with stuff so we don't really make any choice at all, which is certainly incredibly luxurious.
Rachael Taylor -
Most people think companies are basically evil. They get a bad rap. And I think that's somewhat correct.
Larry Page
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The United Nations passed so-called sanctions again on North Korea, and they've said they 'will exercise their preemptive right to a nuclear attack.' I don't think this ought to be taken kindly.
Oliver North -
I want to make something that's respectful and respected. And I think you can make something for women that is respected on television.
Callie Khouri -
I didn't watch T.V. from the time I was 18 'til my mid-30s. And then I got a T.V. to watch 'The Sopranos.' I realized, 'Oh, T.V. is really interesting.'
Ira Glass -
I think there is a degree of speculation that is satisfied the climate is changing.
Ted Baillieu -
Chinatown is tremendously interesting... It's a part of the city that hasn't really been explored in crime literature or in any general literature. It's as though Chinatown didn't exist. People write about New York without mentioning Chinatown at all.
S. J. Rozan -
Fifty-seven countries in the world, a third of the United Nations, do not recognize Israel. In a way, I think North Korea has better international relations than Israel.
Abdullah II of Jordan
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From 1961 to 1964, I was fortunate enough to work at a think tank in the Kenwood neighborhood of Chicago. As a writer and editor, I reported in a publication about the thinkers. Our offices were in a former mansion; I worked in what had been the ballroom. As I sat typing my copy, I imagined the dancers waltzing.
Karen DeCrow -
I don't think Osama is a Muslim. I don't think Osama is a human being.
Hamid Karzai -
I think that 'The Shield' was a phenomenal series finale.
Damon Lindelof -
I don't go to church any more, but I think that Catholicism is rather like the brand they use on cattle: I feel so formed in that Catholic mould that I don't think I could adopt any other form of spirituality. I still get feelings of consolation about churches.
Rachel Cusk -
I think very visually, and I just never thought I had a novel in me.
Sadie Jones -
I think the traditional explanation is that demons just find someone, they pick on them and try to break down their spirit so they can... take control of their bodies. Why exactly? I don't know.
Oren Peli
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With but a few exceptions, we don't have this personal study under masters any more. Craftsmanship has sunk very low. We no longer have any universally creative persons who are able to guide young learners not only in technical matters but also, at the same time, in a formal way.
Walter Gropius -
It's a hurtful place, the world, in and of itself. We don't need to add to it. And we're in a place now where we all need one another, and it's going to get rougher.
Prince -
When people talk about the impact of mobile dating, everyone focuses on real-time meeting - this idea that my pocket will vibrate every time a hot girl walks by. That's important. But it's not transformative.
Sam Yagan -
A lot of the reason my look is the way it is, is because it's really easy to put on a sundress every night if I have to perform - or just wear jeans every day and a flannel or something.
Lana Del Rey -
You think everybody's paying attention to what you're doing. No, they're paying attention to what's interesting to them.
Bob Lefsetz