Steven Wright Quotes

I'm seeing the world partially through the eyes of a kid. Not all the time. There's no black and white to it. But sometimes I'm seeing it like I'm 4.

Steven Wright

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Black And WhiteEyesTimeWorldKid

Is it OK for Amazon to know every word of every book you've read? Are you comfortable with that? Maybe you are. Is it OK to let everybody know you eat Corn Flakes? OK, but then there are certain products you might not want people to know that you're using.

Jesse Schell

PeopleBookYouKnowWantEat

If you can work a brand successfully into the narrative of your product, then it's really cool. Then people actually take the brand up and say, 'My positive experience in your product is directly connected and influenced by this brand and that worked great.'

Max Levchin

PositiveWorkGreatExperienceCool

I've lived publicly and never hidden behind closed doors. Therefore, if I have gone over the top sometimes, it has been visible.

John Hurt

DoorsSometimesHiddenNeverTop

In a certain sense, every time you sit down to write a song, there's a fear that you've forgotten how to do it.

Matthew Ramsey

FearTimeSongYouDownWrite

Sending Paris Hilton to jail for being the most loathed celeprosy lesion in the history of the species seems like a happening idea at first - forty-five days at Century Regional Detention Center is so the new thirty days at Promises Malibu! But it sets a dangerous precedent to jail celebs just because someone hates them.

Rob Sheffield

HistoryPromisesSomeoneDangerous

My father could never remember anybody's name.

Rodney Frelinghuysen

FatherNameRememberNeverAnybody

Although the Chinese had used opium as a medicine, there was no widespread addiction before the British arrived.

Robert Trout

MedicineAddictionUsedBritishHad

It's a shame anyone had to lose that. What a great rivalry.

Mike Tice

GreatLoseShameRivalryHadAnyone

I've been told I miss every pass made at me! It would be wonderful to have a partner, but in my mind, it has to be like making a product. The product has to be meaningful, impact people - it has to be a great product.

Joy Mangano

GreatPeopleMindMePartnerImpact

The great menace to the life of an industry is industrial self-complacency.

Joyce Carol Oates

LifeGreatIndustrialIndustry

I spent a lot of time learning how to define myself internally rather than externally. I learned how to care less about external validation. I think that's given me a renewed confidence in speaking out loud. I kind of don't care what people think about me. I feel a lot more confident in saying what I believe.

Chris Sacca

LearningConfidenceTimeMyselfMe

There are characters in movies who I call 'film characters.' They don't exist in real life. They exist to play out a scenario. They can be in fantastic films, but they are not real characters; what happens to them is not lifelike.

Philip Seymour Hoffman

LifePlayMoviesRealOutReal Life

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