Edwin Catmull Quotes
Don’t confuse the process with the goal. Working on our processes to make them better, easier, and more efficient is an indispensable activity and something we should continually work on—but it is not the goal. Making the product great is the goal.
Quotes to Explore
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I didn't audition for 'SNL.' I sent in a tape to 'SNL' the year before I started writing there, but I got the job there through doing stand-up on Fallon.
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I need to feel as if everything is clean and in its proper place before I can even attempt to write one word. At least, that's what I tell myself. I make the bed, I put away the dishes, maybe I dust, maybe I do the laundry, maybe I go to the post office.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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It's a vanity to think that a legitimate shamanistic experience can be purchased.
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With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
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I like to create the music I hear in my interior. As a conductor, you have the ability to squeeze the sounds and interpretation you asked for from 50 to 80 people.
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I like science fiction, I like fantasy, I like time travel, so I had this idea: What if you had a phone that could call into the past?
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Acting is doing. It's not speaking; it's behavior. It's something happening, even if you're only listening.
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I personally think Beyonce's a strong feminist. What she's done in music and for women is unprecedented. I love her. She definitely makes me feel like more of a woman.
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We didn't want our kids raised in a place plagued by smog and plastic surgery.
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For me, to just have my own shoe is unbelievable. As a kid, you see Jordans and wonder what that feels like to have your own shoe, and the fact that I have one is really surreal.
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The system of nature, of which man is a part, tends to be self-balancing, self-adjusting, self-cleansing. Not so with technology.
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My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.
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Music is love, love is music, music is life, and I love my life. Thank you and good night.
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Obama is a great man who's just beginning to understand the realities. And I'm not just saying that because he reads my books. I would have voted for him anyway.
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If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.
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My voice and the styles and genres I sing all express my appreciation for what I hear.
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I don't compare myself to anyone else; I don't make comments about anyone else because they do what feels right for them, and that's okay by me.
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I don't care if I don't act anymore.
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When I'm really fixated on a bit of writing, I can easily spend six days without leaving the house and barely leaving my room.
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What is a holy person? The one who is aware of others' suffering.
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The way I think about the practicing, it is my undercover work.
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Live life and take chances. Believe that everything happens for a reason and don't regret. Love to the fullest and you will find true happiness in life. Realize that things go wrong and people change, but things do go on. Sometimes things weren't meant to be. What is supposed to happen will work its way out.
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Don’t confuse the process with the goal. Working on our processes to make them better, easier, and more efficient is an indispensable activity and something we should continually work on—but it is not the goal. Making the product great is the goal.
