Ronan Farrow Quotes
Ninety percent of all people under 30 are in developing countries, and that means that this new access to tech, which is such a positive thing... is also a ticking time bomb of frustration... You get this clear mismatch of opportunity and expectation.
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Getting direct consumer revenue through movies or games or other culture products is something that we are very suitable for.
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I get really upset seeing my friends who are mums crying because they feel like they're not good enough. Clever, confident, kind young women all going, 'I'm ruining my child's life.'
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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A lot of people tell me I have to trash-talk more, but I got here with my fists, fighting, not with my mouth.
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Textbook rental is a great concept. It is just a great business model.
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Though I am a Catholic, a professing one, I have serious doubts about the survival of the human personality after death.
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I actually did not have a date to my prom. I ended up taking a friend.
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The service of philosophy, of speculative culture, towards the human spirit, is to rouse, to startle it to a life of constant and eager observation.
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I have always loved animals and groomed friends' horses as a child. I think I may have even ridden the odd seaside donkey in my early years.
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There's so many good comedians in D.C. I started hanging out with those guys. Dave Chappelle was there. Actually, Dave was too young to be in the clubs, so when his mom couldn't make it, he would ask me to pretend I was his aunt, so he could do open mike.
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If you take a frozen box and stick it in the microwave, you become connected to the factory. We've forgotten who we are.
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I thought, I need to reinvent myself. I want every day of life to be wonderful, fascinating, interesting, creative. And what am I gonna do to make that happen?
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It is better to be looked over than overlooked.
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Good actions are a guard against the blows of adversity.
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One month, two months, I am ready to accept any accord on this point that has the approval of the inspectors.
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When you stop to realize that Abraham Lincoln was probably never seen by more than 400 people in a single evening, and that I can enter over 40 million homes in a single evening due to the power of television, you have to admit the situation is not normal.
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There once was a time when employers could be reasonably certain that college graduates had a basic sense of the world and, as a minimum, could write a coherent business letter. That is simply no longer the case, as some academic leaders appear ready to admit.
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I remember my uncle and my father telling me that my mother didn't want me because I was blind. She thought being blind was a disgrace and a punishment from God.
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My identity and my security are not in my spiritual progress. My identity and my security are in God’s acceptance of me given as a gift in Christ.
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I paint for the sheer joy of painting. I have never sold any of my paintings. I'd rather give them to people for free.
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The way of life is not as easy as some people think... like me.
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When you're an established name, you know that a children's book will have a pretty good chance of getting picked up. Like Madonna. It's not that I had this great idea. Actually, in my case, it was a great idea.
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Ninety percent of all people under 30 are in developing countries, and that means that this new access to tech, which is such a positive thing... is also a ticking time bomb of frustration... You get this clear mismatch of opportunity and expectation.
