Ed Catmull Quotes
When I see a film, I'll remember that there was a time when it wasn't working, and there was some pain and angst in order to get it to work.
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If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.
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Its no secret that I've never liked tax credits.
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There's certain things as a songwriter that I don't really care to write about, and there are certain things I won't sing about anymore. There are just so many things that I probably thought was OK for me, or have been in the past, that I would never want my son to think was OK.
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Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
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I have a preference for film just because of the familiarity. It's what I know, and I sort of have nostalgia for it.
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The dons of Oxford and Cambridge are too busy educating the young men to be able to teach them anything.
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All my fiction starts from a feeling of unique perception, the pressure of a secret, a story that needs to be told.
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Happiness is knowing and appreciating what you've got. I am very, very, very grateful for what, to me, is dead easy.
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Fallible characters are more interesting than superheroes in the end.
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Your belief system saturates the space around you.
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What becomes a crime deserving capital punishment when the tables are turned is a matter of small moment when the negro woman is the accusing party.
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My mission is to support our service members. They're volunteers, and if they're going to go to a hostile place like Afghanistan, I think we owe it to them to back them up and try to help them get through it.
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I could have taken the easy life and just done classical, but I felt very strongly about the album, my first pop album, the first time that I'd fused so many influences. I was very proud when it was in the charts in 25 countries at once.
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As leaders, we become whole when we see that our focused, singular commitment to making the numbers and the metrics cannot be effective on its own, but only when it is part of the whole picture - only when we see that it takes more than metrics to make up the whole.
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When it comes to extracurricular activities, many children are getting too much of a good thing.
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The fact is, when men carry the same ideals in their hearts, nothing can isolate them - neither prison walls nor the sod of cemeteries. For a single memory, a single spirit, a single idea, a single conscience, a single dignity will sustain them all.
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I went to boarding school, and what that teaches you is to cope emotionally at a young age and to suppress a lot of emotion. Being in the army is, in a way, similar.
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I work with some of the funniest writers in the country.
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I find love stories satisfying when you can see the work - when you can really watch people find each other and fall in love, a little bit at a time. I like slow burns. Falling in love is so good; why would you want to rush it?
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I had so many agents tell me that at size 18, I would never work or work again. I heard, 'Go home and lose some weight.'
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I've been to some Hollywood parties where things have happened, and people have probably needed to get a good lawyer.
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Hasta la victoria siempre
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Whenever you hear a politician carry on about what a mess the schools are, be aware that you are looking at the culprit.
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When I see a film, I'll remember that there was a time when it wasn't working, and there was some pain and angst in order to get it to work.
