Ben Silbermann Quotes
No amount of technology is going to change the fact that people process information visually.
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I'm an actor, and I like having attention, I guess. There's a reason I like being on stage. There's a reason I like being in front of a camera. It's that interaction.
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I was never conscious that I was becoming an icon or I'm not an icon, because my family, my kids, my husband keep me down-to-earth.
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I always start the day by washing my face and moisturizing.
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To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people's views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it's also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do - bad or good.
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I'm a Ninja. I'm not scared of death.
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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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If you ever meet an actor who's the child of actors, they'll never tell you that they wanted to be a star. But what I did realise early on was that I just wanted to be in that tribe.
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I think when you compete every week, when you play under pressure daily, you find your rituals to be 100 percent focused on what you're doing.
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It gets pretty boring when all you are is the support system for a male character.
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People always accused me of not smiling like my rival Olga Korbut, but that was just my personality. When you're balancing on a nine-inch beam, you have to concentrate. But if you look back at the footage, I was always smiling and waving at the crowd after my performances.
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Even a genius cannot completely resist his Zeitgeist, the spirit of his time.
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Some of the best ideas that we've invested in have made no sense to conventional sources.
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And of course I've got kids of my own now, and they love me being in the Harry Potter films. I'm now part of a phenomenon. You become incredibly cool to your kids, and you get a young fan base. So you became the cool dad at school. You're suddenly hip.
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I can see myself always writing songs - but I'm not sure if I'll always want to perform.
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No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring.
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Many ethnic minorities chafed at the postcolonial nationalism of India and Pakistan, and some rebelled.
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If writers just sit and talk about oppression, they are not going to do much writing.
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Growing up in Nashville, especially in a music business family, means growing up with knowledge that seems like common sense until later in life when you realize people spend thousands of dollars a semester trying to learn or pretending to learn while looking for some intern job on music row.
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After Jessica Mitford published 'The American Way of Death' in 1963, to expose the abuses in the funeral industry, a groundswell of support for government intervention followed. Under President Ronald Reagan The Funeral Rule was first enacted to protect consumers from deceptive practices, but the rule has yet to put the nail in the coffin.
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It's really the sound of the voices, the sound of the words, the sound of the sound that we're interested in.
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Most writers, in my opinion, are dysfunctional derelicts.
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People took notice of me and saw that I can carry off light-hearted roles as well. They started talking about Pritam Vidrohi, and it became a lovable character; I saw that people were clapping and whistling. It was a big high to watch this kind of reaction.
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Performers like to perform, and there's certainly no disgrace in entertaining people, in giving pleasure, you hope, through your singing. My work defines who I am.
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No amount of technology is going to change the fact that people process information visually.
