Edwin Catmull Quotes
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You can't hold back. You can't think of the subtleties of playing. You just have to get out and really bare it all, and hopefully you don't fall off the plank. And if you do, hey, pick yourself up, dust yourself down, and start all over again.
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If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions.
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Relationships can be very traumatic. But being in a healthy relationship can be very empowering.
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There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it.
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Our relationships with our computers are almost sexual, they're so close. They're just such a huge part of our lives.
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I love the game of football. I've been playing since I was 6 years old, and now that I am retired and not really into it physically, it's all about the mental part of it now. It's just coaching and teaching the game.
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Everything I do now is a first.
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Normally, young writers have all the time in the world and they don't always use it well.
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If uncovering the truth is the greatest challenge of nonfiction writing, it is also the greatest reward.
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It's fun to grow with a character over the course of a TV series. Video games are usually a much more condensed process.
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'Dead Air' is full of rants; it's a rant-based book. Yes, it's self-indulgence. I plead guilty; mea culpa.
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Gospel songs to me are about the mansion in the sky, and washed in the blood of Christ's crimson blood, songs that are filled with biblical wording that's no longer understood by a lot of people.
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When a producer like Prasad, who knows people's pulse, is ready to try something new, why not me?
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If you feel good, you stand up a bit straighter.
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I need a vacation anyway. They fight me too much. I'm not going to be the one to back out of these fights.
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But every great scripture, whether Hebrew, Indian, Persian, or Chinese, apart from its religious value will be found to have some rare and special beauty of its own; and in this respect the original Bible stands very high as a monument of sublime poetry and of artistic prose.
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It's an honor for me to contribute to Houston's younger generations and show them that 'smart is cool.'
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Charlie Rangel was writing laws on our taxes as chair of the Ways and Means Committee while somehow neglecting to pay his own.
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Too many people go into existing organizations and define success as recreating what is there. To be successful as a startup organization within a large, established culture, you really need to think about how you leverage the assets that are there.
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Good intentions have been the ruin of the world. The only people who have achieved anything have been those who have had no intentions at all.
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Here rests the soul of our nation - here also should be our conscience.
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I remember telling people I booked this job; they were like, 'What is it called?' I was like, 'Peaky Blinders,' and they were like, 'What?' It sounds ridiculous, but I like it because there's an instant intrigue about the name.
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We have a lot of issues with corporate power that have to be addressed. My plan takes us further and it would do the job.
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Management’s job is not to prevent risk but to build the ability to recover.
