Edwin Catmull Quotes
Ideas, though, are not singular. They are forged through tens of thousands of decisions, often made by dozens of people.
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This invisibility, however, means that the opportunities for creative research are infinite.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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From a very young age, I wanted to get up on stage whenever I went to the theatre - the actors just seemed to be having so much fun. One of my worries about theatre, in fact, is that the actors are quite often having more fun than the audience.
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You cannot reduce the power of story with the tag of money because it's not a share market. So you must know the seriousness of the power of storytelling.
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I find it really hard to relate to the Bond women or Angelina Jolie in 'Salt.' And of course it's informed by my experiences and the people I've met along the way and the places I've been.
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Young people have so many letdowns that people don't realize.
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Some of those stories in local newspapers are just as dull and boring as the stories that I get from on-line services, which are basically sort of straight news.
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Presidents are nice people. They're nice, fun-loving people who have great jobs.
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Waving the flag at the 1976 Olympics wasn't my idea. It was too much apple pie and ice cream. Not that I don't love my country, but I felt it was my victory up there, I put all the time into it.
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Youth is really in your attitude, not in what you look like.
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In China, I realized that if you visit often enough and learn the language, you will be assimilated, but you'll still be kept at arm's length; you'll always be looked on as a foreigner.
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Most music careers slowly but surely go down.
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I had in mind a message, although I hope it doesn't intrude too badly, persuading Americans, and especially Southerners, of the critical importance of land and our vanishing natural environment and wildlife.
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The greatest of the greats wouldn't be the greatest of the greats if they didn't try stuff, you know what I mean?
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For any sin, we all suffer. That is why our suffering is endless.
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I used to get so nervous and upset at stuff... I'd always be angry.
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Peace can only thrive when the climate is right. We remain open to bilateral dialogue with Pakistan on all outstanding issues in an environment free from terrorism and violence.
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I do try to shop online and support people who hand-make their stuff, and because you can find stuff that nobody else has.
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I'm going to put a museum on my ranch and people keep saying, 'That's a huge idea.' Yeah, it's big, but not bigger than the average big movie. A hundred million dollars in the art world is a substantial amount of cash to do anything. That's maybe a big gallery's total sales for a given year.
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The unadmitted reason why traditional readers are hostile to e-books is that we still hold the superstitious idea that a book is like a soul, and that every soul should have its own body.
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Only simple ideas can be held by large groups of people. Commonly held ideas are almost always dumbed down until they are practically lies... and often dangerous ones. Once vast numbers of people have come to believe the lie, they adjust their own behavior to bring themselves into sync with it, and thereby change the world itself. The world, then, no longer resembles the one that gave rise to the original insight. Soon, a person's situation is so at odds with the world as it really is that a crisis develops, and he or she must seek a new metaphor for explanation and guidance.
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The led must not be compelled; they must be able to choose their own leader.
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Ideas, though, are not singular. They are forged through tens of thousands of decisions, often made by dozens of people.
