B. J. Novak Quotes
The most exciting thing I aspire to do is to write something new that I know is going to work, or perform something that I know is going to make people laugh.
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For his own vindictive purposes, Jeffrey Sterling carelessly disclosed extremely valuable, highly classified information that he had taken an oath to keep secret.
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I kind of lost interest in school. I was never really that interested anyway. I was never academic. I didn't really go to school as much as I should have.
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I don't do grey. I like my colour, my style.
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I still remember my first Giacometti exhibition, and going back to the museum every day, whenever I could, to look again and again at these long, thin stick figures, so beautiful, so graceful. That, I think, was the moment I became really obsessed by art.
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I always managed to get in trouble, like every kid. But I had to learn a lot of hard lessons on my own, without parents who would nurture me and guard me through that part of life, at a very young age.
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I think that the training of architects allows you to see what will happen ten years ahead of time, or twenty. It's not guessing, it's not intuitive, it's based on research - and we may be wrong.
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I don't set out to win awards. I don't think any musician does, but when you receive an award, it's an affirmation: it means that people appreciate what you do. Every award I have received is a confirmation of something I have done, and that motivates me to push a little harder.
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Humor's always been the problem of my work, hasn't it? When working, I feel satisfied when I surprise myself. And when I surprise myself, I wind up laughing.
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To this day, I've never figured out a single locked-room mystery.
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When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.
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I look forward to working with UNICEF as they continue to make the world a better place for children.
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I think it just came to a point where I made a decision to do better with my life and health. And that is only by God's grace because there are no guarantees.
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A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor.
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When something is at risk or in danger or about to be lost, those are the moments you start to realize how much it means to you.
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As more ad spending shifts online, the ability to have expertise and to innovate quickly will become critical.
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I'm an Indian-origin painter. I will remain so to my last breath.
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Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.
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At any Maroon 5 concert, you'll see a room backstage marked 'yoga.'
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Do not for a moment suppose that you must make yourself better, or prepare your heart for a worthy reception of Christ, but come at once - come as you are.
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The Constitution says that the right to life of the unborn is protected and given equal rights as the life of the mother.
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I had no idea that what I thought was my low wasn't really my low. That's what a lot of people think - then life reminds them, 'No, there's lower.'
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I can't say what makes a picture. I can't say. It's mysterious.
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They can crack jokes. They can sit back and analyze and criticize and make all the fun they want. But I'm living my life, I'm doing it. What are you doing?
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The most exciting thing I aspire to do is to write something new that I know is going to work, or perform something that I know is going to make people laugh.
