Marco Arment Quotes
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Every so often when I'm writing, a character might actually be a distinct person in my head - often not an actor or a face, literally a person who just seems to exist in my imagination. Then the challenge is finding somebody who is close enough to that to make me feel like I've ended up where I wanted to be.
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I have no interest in non-fiction. I don't read it and don't watch it and don't write it, other than a little journalistic column.
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I'm a serial dater. When I see someone I like, we go on multiple dates.
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We tend to talk about death as if it is losing a battle, but that assumes living is winning and dying is not.
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Film music should have the same relationship to the film drama that somebody's piano playing in my living room has on the book I am reading.
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Set religion free, and a new humanity will begin.
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Accuse a person of breaking all Ten Commandments, and you've written the promo blurb for the dust cover of his tell-all memoir.
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Love is a credulous thing.
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Success begins at that magical moment when you declare to yourself, your friends, and the universe that you believe you can do something different.
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When Ted Williams was here, inducted into the Hall of Fame 37 years ago, he said he must have earned it, because he didn't win it because of his friendship with the writers. I guess in that way, I'm proud to be in this company that way.
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People read more mysteries than they do political pamphlets.
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I'm a very ritualistic, routine-oriented person, and I discovered over the years that I love working Monday through Friday.
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I prefer the old masters, by which I mean John Ford, John Ford, and John Ford.
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I did not become great by association of The Beatles! Beatles make Maharishi great? Pah! It is a waste of thought.
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I directed the men in our barque to approach near the savages, and hold their arms in readiness to do their duty in case they notice any movement of these people against us.
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I'm a piece of work, man. I will do what I want, at all times, always. Nobody's going to persuade me one way or another. I can't be persuaded. I take criticism, I listen, I analyze, but at the end of the day, I make the decisions. Because that's the way I started, and that's the way I'm going to finish.
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Since Sandy Hook, I have sat back as a father and been mesmerized by the inability of the federal government to do anything substantively on gun safety.
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I think what's happening for me, it's fun to see other things besides Facebook and Twitter take hold. The maturity of Tumblr as a real player is exciting. I think Pinterest has proved to be a major player. It's fun to see Instagram become a major player. It's fun to watch things like SnapChat, and Vine, try to vie to be the next thing.
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The environment that nutures creative programmers kills management and marketing types - and vice versa.
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President el-Sisi of Egypt took over in a very complicated environment. He needed to give a new direction. It is quite a difficult job.
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Brotherhood is an ideal better understood by example than precept! (Chapter 48 - 'At Encinitas In California')
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Jake Gyllenhaal is such a nice guy.
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In the modern desktop environment, with multitasking and alerts and constant activity, there are always more distractions. When you're at a computer, your hands are always on the controls.
