Ed Catmull Quotes
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All wars, even the noblest, bring a reckoning of means and ends.
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I spend my life essentially alone at a computer. That doesn't change. I have the same challenges every day.
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One of the achievements of the reform movement is that people realize that they can be democrats and remain faithful Muslims. Democracy is now an established idea.
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Well, one of my favorite ones to work on - besides just about any scene from 'Deadwood' - was my scene with Brad Pitt in 'Assassination of Jesse James'. That was just a fun day.
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If you're not careful as an actor, you can find yourself, at a certain point, a little bit bored.
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I know my life is nearing its end and I accept that.
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Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be hidden even to him in whom it is?
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When you cease to dream you cease to live.
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Freedom of expression is tested during times of anger and conflict and enables all opinions and outraged expressions of dissent that we may not want to hear. But even for this there have to be limits.
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I don't read the press, I don't watch endless music TV.
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Never, and I mean never, allow anyone else's ideas of who you can or can't become sully your dream or pollute your imagination. This is your territory, and a 'Keep Out' sign is a great thing to erect at all entrances to your imagination.
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No matter how many times you say Social Security is broke, the reality is that Social Security's independent revenue stream and its Trust Fund's investments maintain the program's solvency until 2037, when it may begin to fall short.
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I'm very involved in the writing on every level.
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The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.
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I don't want to be idealized by a patient because of what I've written.
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A funny thing happens in real estate. When it comes back, it comes back up like gangbusters.
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Pilates is great.
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Novels taught me that history is dramatic. I wanted my students to know that, too.
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People always come up to me and say, 'you should do standup.' It's nice to discover things about yourself. That keeps everything lively and fun.
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Not many know that I'm a mountaineer, and my love for adventure will never die.
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The emphasis of the men’s group was on understanding, coping, changing the situation and then, if all else failed, getting out; the emphasis of battered women’s groups is on getting out first, and second, locking up the problem (the man).
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Life is the first gift, love is the second, and understanding the third.
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I think vestigially there's a synesthete in me, but not like a real one who immediately knows what colour Wednesday is.
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Technical understanding should be a core competency of any company.
