H. C. Bailey Quotes
The origin of civilization is man's determination to do nothing for himself which he can get done for him.
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Nearly every president in the past 100 years has declared national monuments, from Teddy Roosevelt creating the Grand Canyon National Monument to George W. Bush preserving 10 islands and 140,000 square miles of ocean waters in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
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My father was a lawyer.
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When people tell really good stories in songs, I really like it.
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I think the next set of media companies are going to be created on the web and that YouTube is going to be a big part of that.
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I think you can say anybody uses anything as a gimmick. Is Adele's not having gimmicks her gimmick? It's hard to say, isn't it? Really, I think that everybody has something that people like or that's great about them.
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As the arteries grow hard, the heart grows soft.
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A store is just a collection of content. The Steam store is this very safe, boring entertainment experience. Nobody says, 'I'm going to play the Steam store now.'
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Look at Microsoft, Google, and Facebook. They have all entered many sectors, and actually, in many of those sectors, they weren't as early as Tencent.
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I was amazed at how the life of a freelancer differed from running a remote studio for another company. I thought I knew what I was doing in 2004 when I left Eidos because I had run Ion Storm Austin, which was my own independent studio. I had run a business unit inside Origin, but being part of a startup is crazy.
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There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.
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Most tragic mistake in history occurred when the United States joined the U.N.
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I love lamb shank. It's my favorite thing. You don't have it in America. It's a younger meat - it just falls off the bone - it's kind of like a roast. I really like blackened cod too.
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Note to self: Never ride a motorcycle in stilettos and a miniskirt.
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I married beneath me, all women do.
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These movies are like my kids. I just love them to death. Some of them go to Harvard and some of them can barely graduate high school.
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This is something caregivers have to understand: You have to ask for help. You have to realize that you deserve to ask for help. Because you need to keep on working on your own life.
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No great art has ever been made without the artist having known danger.
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I think there's a bit of the devil in everybody. There's a bit of a priest in everybody, too, but I enjoyed playing the devil more. He was more fun.
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When a thing's done, it's done, and if it's not done right, do it differently next time.
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I've done a variety of projects in different areas of the entertainment industry.
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When I make records, I never listen to stuff after it's done. Ever.
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Once we allow ourselves to be disobedient to the test of an accountant's profit, we have begun to change our civilization.
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I'd find it demeaning to be cleaning toilets.
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The origin of civilization is man's determination to do nothing for himself which he can get done for him.
