Kim Dotcom Quotes
If you create something, you don't want someone else to go and profit from it; you have your right to make a living and everything. So I respect copyright. What I don't respect is copyright extremism. And I what I don't respect is a business model that encourages piracy.
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I think everyone who goes to see a 'Bond' movie expects to be impressed by the look and the locations chosen. Certainly I was when I grew up watching them, and I don't think that's changed in the last 50 years.
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In the last 5 years, American employers have lost over $150 billion of productivity to depression alone. That is more than the GDP of 28 different States during the same period.
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Corporations take the humanity out of trade - they take the happiness out and replace it with something that is ugly.
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I thought Beverly Hills was a gated community. I always drove around Beverly Hills because I thought that there's a guard that was going to stop me.
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I will say this: I think 'Big Brother' is the biggest snooze known to mankind.
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I always knew I wanted to make my own way; I never wanted to be dependent on my father.
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I love '30 Rock.' It's one of my favorite shows. It's certainly the gold standard of comedy writing.
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I praise the Lord, the Sovereign of the royal realm, Who has extended his sway over the tract of the world.
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To me, in life, if there's, like, a rule, and I think it's ridiculous, then of course I'll circumvent that but also point out how ridiculous the rule is. Other than that, if I go to a concert, and my seat is Row G, Seat 12, I'm sitting in Row G, Seat 12. I don't care if I'm with five other friends, I'm supposed to be in Seat 12, that's my seat.
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One can be a great poet and be politically stupid.
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It's funny, because when I was in college, all my professors said, 'You should do comedy.' And I was like, 'No! No!' But I was able to get my foot in the door through comedy. I'm so grateful to have the opportunity to do it.
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I've turned down twentysomething million dollars for movies.
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It was just really odd to be in a room with Ian McKellen sharing cucumber sandwiches.
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When you have young children, it is hard to see live performances. Unless I am in it. I do manage to see my husband Rupert Goold's work, of course.
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When I die, I hope they don't cremate me 'cuz I'll burn forever.
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I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past?
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My career is an open book, but my life is not.
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I started out as a dancer as a kid; I've been dancing since I was 4. So, performing was always part of what I was. I don't know if it I enjoyed the response I got from people or if I liked having an audience, but there's something in me that wanted to perform.
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Anybody can do a deal. The tough part is doing the deal at the right time, being strategic.
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I've been into every doo-wop there is. I think I went to the university of doo-wop-ology.
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I always wanted to make a living as an actor living in New York. A New York actor. What's better than that?
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This is an industry rife with racism, sexism and homophobia. It is so closely woven into the fabric of the business that we have become snowblind to the glaring injustices happening every day.
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There's something about these steps [in Oval Office] and thinking about everybody who's walked here and all the business that's been done here.
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If you create something, you don't want someone else to go and profit from it; you have your right to make a living and everything. So I respect copyright. What I don't respect is copyright extremism. And I what I don't respect is a business model that encourages piracy.
