John Knoll Quotes

I loved movies. In particular, I loved movies depicting places and events that obviously you couldn't have gone out and shot. It was obvious you were looking at something that had been manufactured in some way. I was fascinated by that.

John Knoll

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 6, 1962

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Poetry can unleash a terrible fear. I suppose it is the fear of possibilities, too many possibilities, each with its own endless set of variations... With basketball, you can correct your own mistakes, immediately and beautifully, in midair.

Jim Carroll

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You can't be in a certain business and not sell to Amazon or not sell to Wal-Mart. You have to reckon with them, because even though there are other buyers, they're the only buyers that matter.

John Landgraf

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As a young girl, I was too intent on getting to London and drama school and out of east Yorkshire to think about winning Oscars. I did win a Bafta once, and was so unprepared for it I jabbered on for a minute - a minute too long.

Anna Maxwell Martin

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I love listening to Coach Belichick's press conferences: even though they may not be what the media wants, they're great coaching, teaching tools.

Jeff Van Gundy

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In 1979 I teamed up with my friend and business partner, Bill DeWitt, and together we formed an oil and gas company that invested through limited partnerships in oil and gas exploration.

Mercer Reynolds

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In 1976, divorce could still raise eyebrows, as could a woman's decision not to have children. Dyslexia wasn't as commonly recognized then, and thus not treated as it is today.

Stacey D'Erasmo

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It's important to make clear to all the schools at Harvard the central role of the library.

Robert Darnton

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Great presidents don't just fight good fights - they win them.

Rush Limbaugh

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If you don't care about the lapel or the buttons or the fit, then you are doing a disservice to the consumer. We're all inside the tunnel, speaking the language of business, but we need to speak the language of customers.

Mickey Drexler

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I've been falsely accused of drawing too much from real life. But I am a petty thief - I take little things. And, I mean, I can hardly write 10 words before I start to make things up. I start to invent, because that's what I want to do. I'm running away to an invented place.

Lorrie Moore

LifeWordsI AmLittle ThingsStart

To not run a venture into the ground, entrepreneurs need to learn what it takes to succeed.

Clay Clark

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We wanted people to 3-D-print anything, not just more 3-D printers.

Bre Pettis

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