Al Leiter Quotes
I look at this as a second life. Every game feels like an event. Every pitch matters. I need that. It elevates your aggressiveness.
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I'm not into things that feel like a sequel. There's just something magical about when something happens for the first time.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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I've always done 20 things at once. It's my way of staying alive, not to keep one dish cooking, but several dishes going. And I'm pretty organized.
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I worry about people who sell out to chase fame because when they get it, it might not be so satisfying.
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The first thing to do in life is to do with purpose what one purposes to do.
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When I first wrote 'Papa Hemingway,' there were too many people still alive, and the lawyers for Random House didn't want to OK it. But now all that's been filtered away by the passage of all these people. And having the fortune of surviving, I now feel that I am the custodian of what Ernest wanted the world to know about him and these women.
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I find television, and particularly live television, very romantic: the idea that there is this small group of people, way up high, in a skyscraper in the middle of Manhattan, beaming this signal out into the night.
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In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism.
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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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The heavier crop is ever in others' fields.
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It is vital that Iraq and the United States together send the clearest possible signal that those who commit acts of violence against American military forces and American civilians will not be rewarded with amnesty.
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I use more makeup now then I did before. I didn't use to wear really that much, and I didn't know how to do makeup, but now I know how to do it a bit more. I can do eyes and makeup in general more. I do like my own lipstick as well.
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People really love editorial cartoons, and I think publishers understand that.
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You shouldn't put your hands on a woman. Simple as that.
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Just as I try to find ways to be more productive every year for myself, I also look for tips to pass on to young professionals.
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Men don't avoid successful women because they're jealous; they often do it to avoid being in competition with her next job promotion.
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Intuitive versus analytical? That's a foolish choice. It's foolish, just like trying to choose between being realistic or idealistic. You need both in life.
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I'm always thinking, 'My goodness, I got booked again!' So I am really happy to still be working.
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I don't know why people eat so badly. I could eat pasta all the time, but it really is fattening. And I love ice cream, but I can't do that. There was a time, until I was in my mid-forties, when I could eat a whole pizza - and really, no effect.
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Success is failure inside out.
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When the business really works is when we hear clients say, 'I've never had jeans that fit me until I got a pair from Stitch Fix.' We'll also hear, 'I would never have tried this dress on in a store.' It's not just about convenience. They're happier in their clothes.
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I was never really that aware of commercial things. The stuff that was really influential to me were bands like the Misfits or the Birthday Party, or things like that. If someone said, "Do you love Judas Priest?" - I never really even had a Judas Priest record. That's not what I grew up with. That wasn't really my scene, you know? That's why White Zombie never really fit. I still don't fit.
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I got so passionate about technology. Hacking to me was like a video game. It was about getting trophies. I just kept going on and on, despite all the trouble I was getting into, because I was hooked.
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I look at this as a second life. Every game feels like an event. Every pitch matters. I need that. It elevates your aggressiveness.
