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John Battelle Quotes

As much as I love scores of wonderful sites across the web, most of them are driven by the daily grind of the display/pageview hamster wheel. They create 20, 30, 40 'content snacks' a day, and I miss far more than I consume.

John Battelle

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: businessman
Nationality: american
Birth: November 4, 1965

Topics

Love Daily Day Grind Create Wheel

I had a temper when I played junior golf and had my clubs taken away for slamming them on the ground. I learned very quickly that I didn't want my clubs taken away from me.

Matt Kuchar

Me Golf Want Ground Temper Away

The ability to live for five hundred years would be an incredible gift. But I greatly fear it would be a gift only for the wealthy - one that might greatly widen the gap between those with access and those without.

Ann Leckie

Fear Live Gift Ability Without Gap

Oliver Queen/Green Arrow is a character whose core is about legacy and responsibility. And that all comes from his father and the responsibilities of living up to his legacy.

Jeff Lemire

Father Character Responsibility Up

Seriously, you know - I love to write. I enjoy the process; I enjoy the different processes, because writing for film and television and graphic novels is all very different. So I've never had the feeling of, 'Oh, you have to do this one thing.'

John Ridley

Love Writing Process Enjoy You Know

Questioning authority is, I think, a great thing to instill in children. I just didn't have enough of that when I was little.

Amy Chua

Children Great Think Enough Little

There's something to be said for going right into people's living rooms. I think actors have always loved that medium - you're right in there with people in their homes. A lot of very audacious work is being done on television.

Sigourney Weaver

Work People Think Loved You Living

I came out of the Soviet Union no longer a communist, because I believed in personal freedom.

Rose Wilder Lane

Freedom Personal Out Communist Union

When I was little, my dad told me about Anandpur Sahib and the court of Guru Gobind Singh. That we came from a tradition of poets, warriors and artists who created when it was illegal to create... we're groomed to be reckless in the defense of what we feel is right.

Rupi Kaur

Me Feel Tradition Create Right

When I was 14 years old, I went on location to film 'Mrs. Doubtfire' for five months, and my high school was not happy. My job meant an increased workload for teachers, and they were not equipped to handle a 'non-traditional' student. So, during filming, they kicked me out.

Lisa Jakub

Job School Happy Me High School Out

I have learned how to plant coastal hay, fertilize and bale it.

Janine Turner

Plant I Have Learned Hay How Learned

I had gone to the bookstore, and while I hadn't bought any books on how to write a screenplay, I'd bought a couple of scripts so I could see how the formatting works. I just needed to know how a Hollywood screenplay looked on the page, which was something I was totally unfamiliar with.

Diablo Cody

Page Know Hollywood Write See Gone

Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.

Dean Acheson

Negotiation More Classic Disagree