Astro Teller Quotes
Most ideas don't work out. Almost all ideas don't work out. So it's okay if yours didn't work out.
Quotes to Explore
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In my town, and especially in my area, there were people from everywhere: Algerians, Senegalese, French people, Asians, all kinds of immigrants and natives, and everyone circulated.
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Timidity does not inspire bold acts.
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On the whole, it is the rights and freedoms of all citizens that are crucial in Saudi Arabia and from those the rights of women will emanate.
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I would love to be a role model.
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I've never left them to go do a film. No, we all go together. I could never leave them. My kids are my whole world.
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I am big believer that increase the size of the cake is as at least as important as distribution of the cake. To increase the size of the cake, you need to focus on progress.
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As an actor, I'm always up for exploring and trying new things.
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A dead end street is a good place to turn around.
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Now that I have kids, I don't want to do so many daredevily things anymore.
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Crises are part of life. Everybody has to face them, and it doesn't make any difference what the crisis is.
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I'm not a business girl. I will never be a business girl, but I will say, for Anna Wintour, that I respect successful people; I like things that are success.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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Roadrunner wanted to make Born in the Flood the next Nickelback, but I didn't want to be that. I didn't want to be a huge rock star playing songs I didn't like. I didn't want to be stuck playing 'Anthem,' the song everybody liked but I didn't want to put on the record, for the next five years.
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God takes care of imbeciles, little children and artists.
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When you do music concerts at Taj Mahal and the Acropolis, you have to be careful about your performance being appropriate with the place that surrounds you. It has to be appropriate to the culture - it should fit the building behind you, the environment you are playing it in and the culture of that place.
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I love Chicago. It's one of my favorite cities, hands down.
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I think we're all really strong and we just need to keep working really hard. If we go out there and do our best we'll win again. All we need to do is hit.
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I don't know if I'd say I feel green, but I'm getting to know myself as an actor now in a way that I never did as a kid.
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A recipe I've seen work in early-stage startups is a small tight-knit group of passionate people who are obsessed with their vision of how to fix a particular industry. Conversely, teams composed of people with a lot of specialized experience at running a large business are not as likely to do very well in the first year or two of a startup.
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I had an opportunity to meet Elvis, only once. It was at the MGM Grand. It was certainly not at the height of his career. No, it wasn't at the height of his career, but it was still a thrill to see him and meet him anyway. You know?
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I first got involved in theater in 1968, at the height of a social tumult. I was a poet.
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Everyone has something to learn from one another. When different disciplines meet, it creates this amazing unpredictability.
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I am certain about what I will never do - but not about what my art will render.
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Most ideas don't work out. Almost all ideas don't work out. So it's okay if yours didn't work out.
