Jason Fried Quotes

When something is working well, it becomes too easy to let things run themselves.

Jason Fried

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We truly believe with hard work, dedication and perseverance, we can become the best at what we do. No one wants to become mediocre.

Andy Biersack

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We did 'The Simpsons Movie,' which took almost four years; it was the same people that do the TV show, and it just killed us. So that's why there hasn't been a second movie. But I imagine if the show ever does go off the air, they'll start doing movies.

Matt Groening

PeopleStartDoingGoMoviesWhy

Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues.

Ambrose Bierce

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Bit parts in Mediocre TV shows won't develop your acting chops.

Stephen Collins

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If I say a joke and the audience laughs it makes me feel good.

Rita Rudner

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Your job is to inspire people from your neighborhood to get out.

Jay-Z

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I presume that nobody will deny the positive aspects of the North American cultural world. These are well known to all. But these aspects do not make one forget the disastrous effects of the industrial and commercial process of 'cultural lamination' that the USA is perpetrating on the planet.

Jose Saramago

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For me, doing an interview with someone is like having therapy.

Jonathan Anderson

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At times, I feel overwhelmed and my depression leads me into darkness.

Dorothy Hamill

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It's not my job to convince people that Koresh was the final messenger or had this final message.

David Thibodeau

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When I was younger, I used to say, 'I'm not making music. I am getting catharsis for emotion.' For me, vulnerability is an act of uncovering. It's a revealing: the idea of putting aside your armour and allowing pain to enter.

Arca

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A few years back I was asked if I would go and meet a director and his various acolytes, and it occurred to me halfway through the meeting that what I was doing was auditioning. And I thought, 'Well, hang on buddy. I've done half a century of this.'

Peter O'Toole

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