Ahmet Ertegun Quotes
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Most of the good people of my generation... had offers to become editors, but the thought of going inside was just absolutely horrifying.
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The vampires in the 'VAMPS' series judge each other as harshly as they judge humans, and basically, vampires don't get along very well. So you've got a culture that's from cradle to grave like the worst high school you've ever been in.
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I like big thinkers who, no matter how big their vision, can sit down and talk to me about hour-to-hour, day-to-day type stuff they do to move the ball forward.
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People still kill in the name of religion. We haven't evolved to the point where we're one tribe called humans.
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I went into acting as psychotherapy, and it's still a work in progress.
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Unfortunately, if you don't want to be in the spotlight, get out of it.
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From early morning to late at night, it's such an interesting life, and I'm healthy and free, and that's not so easy with a family.
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You know, I get much more Jewish in Israel because I like the way that religion is done there.
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You realize, no matter how great, books are not shows or movies; each operates on their own different rules. 'Game of Thrones' is no different. Being forced to come up with those scenes on short notice helped how we were viewing the show and forcing it to come into its own.
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I don't feel comfortable making empty music.
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I think a child requires initial years of a mother's attention, which is very important, and I did it without any thought in the world. That's what I wanted to do.
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The names of common flowers change from decade to decade, so I spent a lot of time with old outdated dictionaries, with awful flower names like 'mouse-eared chickweed.'
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Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education.
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If I do decide to review a product, I sometimes negotiate with a company the timing of the review but never its outcome or tone. I sometimes strive to be the first to publish a review, but I never promise a good review in exchange for that timing.
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Horses know how to be loyal but still keep their distance.
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It seems to me there is a change in what audiences want to see. I can only hope that's correct, because there's an awful lot of people of my age around now and we outnumber the others.
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While the Internet is important for us, India is also necessary for the Internet with its 1.2 billion population.
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The same thing happened today that happened yesterday, only to different people.
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Men who borrow their opinions can never repay their debts.
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You have actors who begin at a certain young age and there's very little change in their technique and the depth of their performances; they're the same 30 years later.
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I taught Sandra Bullock when no one knew who she was. I talked her out of quitting. I put her in a showcase.
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The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves.
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Mr. Christ, I read you as an infinitely patient entity who, as they say, often works in mysterious ways, a rebel unafraid to take the tougher, less traveled paths. Seems to me you're playing the long game. Is that why more states are coming out in favor of marriage equality? Is that why the Affordable Care Act is now with us?
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I became a jazz fan quite early and never went off the path thereafter.
