Kevin Systrom Quotes
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If somebody says they really like my playing I say thanks a lot.
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I have spent a lot of time listening to people who are serving life sentences and getting to know them and the circumstances of their lives. I have never met anyone serving a long prison sentence who had anything close to what I could call a childhood; instead, the upbringings always - always - involve extreme situations of poverty and abuse.
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Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future.
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I used to read a lot of fashion magazines: my favourite was 'Nylon.' I used to cut out all the pictures from magazines, and I had this book where I would keep all of the stuff that inspired me.
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My knee has always given me problems. But it got to the point where I actually had to start giving up things. And I hate that.
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I love the simplicity and freedom of running. A pair of shoes, and you are all set to explore new trails.
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To become the best comedian, I must be well-rounded.
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I don't really see any barrier between teenage fiction and adult literature.
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In most cases, my favorite Jethro Tull songs will be determined by how I feel about them as live performance songs, not by the recorded identity.
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O what is life, if we must hold it thus as wind-blown sparks hold momentary fire?
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The men and women who occupied the east coast of North America between 1607 and 1800 have been more closely scrutinized than any other collection of people in American history.
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The only rule is don't be boring and dress cute wherever you go. Life is too short to blend in.
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I was very much in love with my mother. She was a very warm and a very cold woman. When she was warm, I tried to come close to her. But she could be very cold and rejecting.
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I get recognized by some people in my community, but not a lot. In fact, they would say, 'What do you do?' And I would say, 'Well, I did 'The Bernie Mac Show.'' And they would say, 'Oh, really? Well, do you know so-and-so?' And I'd say, 'Yeah, I hired them. I was the boss!' They don't believe it.
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I've learned a lot of tricks from working with a lot of great producers over the years, and I think I should write a book about it!
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I never ran with my dad. He was old-school. He had a whole different idea of training. He ran in steel-toed boots! But, of course, he's proud of me and proud of the boxer that I became.
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I didn't even know what it was when I started. But I was lucky. I found it at 16. Most people don't discover decathlon until they're 21 or 22.
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That young people don't have valid thoughts about the world because they haven't been alive long enough is sadly a very popular and, frankly, unoriginal sentiment. When I think about that time, I was just responding to the world around me.
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I don't feel that I have to prove anything to anyone as far as what I've done in fighting.
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I have the stardom glow.
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The happy ending is our national belief.
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Over time, the federal government should move the nation to a single standard, clean-burning gasoline.
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Every time I see a film about Joan of Arc I'm convinced she'll get away with it. It's the only way to get through life.
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It's funny: I was a photographer before I was a programmer.
