Ed Catmull Quotes
Pixar is a community in the true sense of the word. We think that lasting relationships matter, and we share some basic beliefs: Talent is rare.
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My father got me involved in the game when I was four years old.
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There are no benefactors in Canada because there is no incentive.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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Stability cannot occur without a Palestinian Spring through the full implementation of the Palestinians' right to self-determination on their land.
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I really love nature. I grew up in the country. But one of the things about nature is that it is beautiful but it's also very dangerous.
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There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism, and I learn from that and better myself. I'm not expecting anyone to be sycophantic in any way; I never expected that.
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Working manually is not considered bad in the U.S.
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In the music world, ageism is a big issue. It's about youth and youth culture. There's no other art form that I know that requires you to be a certain age.
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When friends ask for a second cup they are open to conversation.
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The mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American.
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I'm trying to live every moment as much as I can.
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Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
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I have to say that getting to tackle Maria in 'The Sound of Music' at Carnegie Hall was surreal. When I heard my voice, it was all I could do to keep myself from doing a British accent and sound like Julie Andrews!
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We got to know the competition very well. In the '50s popcorn made a big growth in sales. Our main push was to produce the best quality and sell in quality retail outlets.
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A politician ought to be born a foundling and remain a bachelor.
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Do you want to feel good, or do you want to do good?
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I'm in favour of religion as a tamer of arrogance. For a Greek Orthodox, the idea of God as creator outside the human is not God in God's terms. My God isn't the God of George Bush.
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No two wars are identical.
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I don't mind being the one people talk about. It doesn't weigh on me.
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It is abhorrent to me when a fine intelligence is paired with an unsavory character.
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Getting an agent is hard, and I also think people rush to get an agent too soon.
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I do find some of the meanest, most exclusionary people are the nerds. And they rebel against other nerds! What are you doing? As much as I love nerds and the nerd movement, the nerd-on-nerd violence is really bad. A lot of times, nerds are the meanest ones online. And also, the trolling can be very extensive because they're smart.
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Entities are not to be multiplied beyond necessity.
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Pixar is a community in the true sense of the word. We think that lasting relationships matter, and we share some basic beliefs: Talent is rare.
