Marc Platt Quotes
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I just see religious freedom, as a category, as just being a black hole.
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Regulations about environments are going to get tougher and tougher.
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I hope kids feel gratitude for what they do have.
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When the dollar was separated entirely from gold in 1971, it ceased being the official IMF world currency and finally had to compete with other currencies... From that point forward, its value increasingly became discounted.
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I had no training in research as such, and as a consequence, I am, in a sense, self-taught.
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I've never supported one penny of tuition increases.
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Any time you make more than a couple of friends at an event, I think that you actually made no friends.
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A performance art piece is unprecedented. It is difficult to censor since it has a good possibility of never being done before.
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I would really like to do a straight action movie that's hardcore - heavy action, like 'The Expendables' or 'Fast Five.'
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Our policy on the annexation of Crimea, which we consider illegal, will stay.
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I want my little corner of the world where I get to make games where you're not trying to win or lose; you're not trying to get a higher score - you are having unbelievable amounts of fun as you learn about yourself and the world. That's what games can do!
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Whenever possible, I use local, fresh ingredients, just because it tastes and feels better to eat an egg or a tomato or a hamburger that wasn't flown halfway around the world, that didn't travel on a truck and get stuck in traffic jams, that hasn't been sitting in a supermarket's refrigerator case for days.
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I'm used to being surrounded by really smart 22-year-old students who have no problem saying that something I suggested is not a very good idea.
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The one show that I will continue to be a guest on is 'The Daily Show' with Jon Stewart, if he'll have me. It's not competitive with CNN and it's too much fun.
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The trouble with children is that they're not returnable.
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I use Gibson guitars; I prefer the Les Paul custom.
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We have more difficult circumstances than most of the Arab countries but in spite of that Syria is stable. Why? Because you have to be very closely linked to the beliefs of the people. This is the core issue.
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What I have learned is that designers are willing to tell the world that they are here to empower women from all different backgrounds and different walks of life.
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Utilities get out of the way. Can you imagine if you flipped a light switch and had to watch an ad before you got electricity? Can you imagine if you turned on a faucet and had to watch an ad before the water came out?
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Most of us don't confront pure anything. What our life does involve is a whole lot of 60/40 and 70/30.
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Insider trading by hedge funds has a long and distinguished history, dating to the days when people didn't know that there was such a thing as a hedge fund.
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I don't set goals. Competing with a number in your head can be limiting, and I don't know what my capabilities are yet.
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Tobey Maguire and I had a tough relationship - it was a tough working relationship. We butted heads, and ultimately, I lost the Los Angeles game because of differences with him. But then I moved to New York and built a bigger game, five times bigger, making more money, and that was pretty exciting.
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Watching familiar characters take unexpected turns is very appealing.