Marc Platt Quotes
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Working as a musician, I have to constantly generate new material, so school keeps me sharp. Reading and writing all the time helps me to be a better songwriter.
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My public in Guadalajara and the people from Guadalajara, they've supported me since day one.
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When you promise something, you must fulfill it.
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People often try to disguise televisions. I always think that makes it worse. It is what it is!
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Is there anything more dangerous than sympathetic understanding?
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Coming up with novel ideas and converting them into real products has always been as natural as breathing for me.
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Although in skating you compete with other people, anyone who achieves a certain level of success is first and foremost competing against themselves. And for me the idea that I could always do better, learn more, learn faster, is something that came from skating. But I carried that with me for the rest of my life.
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My favorite game shows were 'Password' and '$25,000 Pyramid.'
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When I write a song, it comes from the heart and is based on a specific experience. You can't really say that one experience is greater than another, because all of your experiences take you through life on this journey.
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There aren't many people in the world who can say that they are doing the job they've wanted to do since childhood, so in that regard, I feel incredibly fortunate.
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Right now the problem in Thailand is we have high debt, but we don't know how to earn the new source of revenue back to Thailand. This is my job.
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I used to love to draw. I didn't want to go to art class because I felt that would be too corny when I was young, but architectural drafting was the cool thing to do because there was more precision. It taught me a lot about building and structures and doorways and frames and windowsills.
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I had been found in a mud puddle at 4:30 in the morning.
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I always wanted to go into film. I love film. I loved growing up in the theatre, but I always wanted to do film all along. But, I still pursue music separately.
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I love everyone over at Netflix. They're all fantastic and an absolute joy to work with.
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Parents of young children should realize that few people, and maybe no one, will find their children as enchanting as they do.
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Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser.
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'The Art we look at is made by only a select few. A small group create, promote, purchase, exhibit and decide the success of Art. Only a few hundred people in the world have any real say. When you go to an Art gallery you are simply a tourist looking at the trophy cabinet of a few millionaires...'
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Life's pretty funny when you're objectively on the outside looking at it.
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I don't focus outside of myself to my guides. I always focus inside.
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Most families had four, five brothers. But because it was just me and Darryl, we had to be twice as strong.
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The thing that we at MIT must understand is the amount of real damage that is being done to us in the fine structure of how research funds are expended.
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The problem is that many times people suspend their common sense because they get drowned in business models and Harvard business school teachings.
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As much as I love storytelling, I've always been drawn to talent.
