Lee Konitz Quotes
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I've asked Jobs why he didn't get an operation then and he said, 'I didn't want my body to be opened. I didn't want to be violated in that way.'
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I might do 'X Factor' next year. It's looking good that I won't get the sack at Christmas.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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So I went into government with a clear mind about what the problems were, and what needed to be done.
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My forms are not abstractions of things in the real world. They're also not symbols. I would say that my job is to invent these forms and to put them together in a way that keeps your interest, to give the forms a quirky identity so you can engage with them, so you realize there's an inner intelligence or logic.
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YouTube has become more mature, both as a platform and as a community. So much content has been added in almost every conceivable category that there are no more free passes on just getting there first. I think there are greater expectations for audience participation, the kind of participation that makes a real impact in a show's community.
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I've been told by journalists that Facebook is upset anytime we're mentioned.
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I've been around the bend in corporations.
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I love making movies and hope to write my own screenplay someday and do some producing and be behind-the-scenes as well.
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Breaking up is a natural evolution when you try to figure out what you want in life. If you're with an individual who isn't moving in the same direction and at the same rate that you are, it ain't going to work.
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When you find something that you really love to do, you kind of just know instantly that, OK yeah, I want to do this for the rest of my life.
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I will be happy with certainly when the corruption index improve.
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We want Quora to last forever, and in order to last forever, it's going to need to have revenue. One of the best things about ads is that you don't need to exclude anyone.
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I just wanted to make a record that wasn't escapism. Like, I didn't want to write another record that was devoid of meaningful content.
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To build a digital media company, you have to focus equally on content and technology. In content, you have to focus equally on the written word and video.
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The myth of writer as, like, Asperger-style misanthrope, or, like, the Jack Nicholson, 'As Good As It Gets' - it just doesn't work, because writers, in order to write good characters, need to understand people. You need to understand your audience. You need to have so much empathy you could almost encourage empathy in others.
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The disastrous feature of our civilization is that it is far more developed materially than spiritually. Its balance is disturbed … Now come the facts to summon us to reflect. They tell us in terribly harsh language that a civilization which develops only on its material side, and not in the sphere of the spirit … heads for disaster.
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Reason is lost reasoning.
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I am a Muslim Arab, in my actions oriented very to the left, in my convictions.
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It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am.
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I just love taking pictures.
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I don't think the people in power realize how detrimental it can be to a way a girl looks at herself if she flips through a magazine and only sees one type of woman.
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I'd like to feel that whatever I play is a result of whatever I've heard.
