Ben Silbermann Quotes
At a small company, so much of the trick is focus. Not only can you only do a finite number of things, but you have to do them in the right order.
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I wasn't thinking of a sequel when I finished 'Life Class.' What changed my mind was the perception that the characters had a lot of life left in them, a lot of unresolved conflicts, and also I became interested in the Tonks pastel portraits of facially disfigured soldiers and in the whole area of facial reconstruction.
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There comes a time when money doesn't matter.
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Bondage is - subjection to external influences and internal negative thoughts and attitudes.
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I think comedy is the perfect vehicle for that which is slightly beyond life.
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Futurists wanted to suggest movement by means of a dynamic painting; Duchamp applies the notion of delay - or, rather, or analysis - to movement.
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What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.
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I don't know if I have a 'Greatest Album Ever.' I really liked 'The Blueprint' by Jay-Z. The production on that album was really great. 'All I Need' was the first song I used for walk-on music in 2002 for my second time ever on stage, so that means a lot to me.
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I have always appreciated the honest brutality of the international film world. One need never doubt one's worth in the market. Mine was zero.
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When a man is able to connect with his feelings, he is able to care more.
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Thumbs up to the buxom woman. Size zero is boring!
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Everybody goes through a phase of fatigue, and I am no different. Re-inventing yourself in your profession is the key to deal with fatigue.
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I was a boy with one dream and one dream only: I wanted - no, strike that, I was desperate for - a room of my own. You see, in those days I shared a room with my little brother, Jesse, and it wasn't pretty. He was the Oscar to my Felix: messy, careless, and just a little bit sticky - exactly the way a kindergartner is supposed to be.
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I love theater. I love the idea that you can transform, become somebody else, and look at life with a completely new perspective. I love the idea that people will sit in one room for a couple of hours and listen.
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I love Japan, and Tokyo is my favorite city.
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I've always been a bubbly and energetic and happy person, but when I get upset, I get frustrated; when someone makes me mad, I definitely have a temper, and I've had to deal with having a temper my whole life.
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I'll never get married again, and I always hate to say never to anything, but I will never marry again.
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The substance of what it means to be a geek is essentially someone who's brave enough to love something against judgment. The heart of being a geek is a little bit of rejection.
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I think anyone taken out of their comfort zone and put somewhere else will change.
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Holiness has never been the driving force of the majority. It is, however, mandatory for anyone who wants to enter the kingdom.
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You're only dealing with whatever you know, which is a very small part of it and later on it'll look like it has something to do with the period. Obviously, the artists have something to do with one another. They tend to set up certain common qualities among themselves.
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My photographs at best hold only a small length, but through them I would suggest and criticize and illuminate and try to give compassionate understanding.
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Everybody wants recognition, but we can't all get it.
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I don't think art is in danger of dissolution or disappearance, and we don't trust enough in its ability and power to create critical consciousness as much as we think we do.
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At a small company, so much of the trick is focus. Not only can you only do a finite number of things, but you have to do them in the right order.
