Josh Tillman Quotes

When I was young, I had this contrarian thing, and my music for a long time was an extension of that. I didn't want to entertain people; I had too much vanity to be an entertainer. I think that some layers of vanity came off.

Josh Tillman

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Oh, I was never a businessman. I was a visionary, a dreamer.

Jim Bakker

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The video game market is huge, and the ability to tell stories, and tell different kinds of stories in the gaming space is quickly evolving and changing for the better.

Jim Lee

SpaceGameBetterGamingAbility

If I didn't get a job, between 16 and 18, that wasn't significant, I was just going to go to college. I didn't want to be a struggling actor at 36 with five kids, doing something I hated. You see the story so much. It's such a vicious business to be in when you're not meant to be in it.

Jessica Alba

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I've been through this fame thing before, when the band was big in '80, '81.

John Lurie

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You obviously don't really forget how to play the old songs; you just don't have to spend so much time convincing yourself that you remember them. Way less mental energy is spent swimming around in lyrics you've already written and chords you've already played.

Jeff Tweedy

TimeYourselfSwimmingEnergyYou

I was always a computer kid, and I grew up with the Internet and always found it fascinating.

Robin Sloan

InternetKidAlwaysUpComputer

Washington's answer to a self-inflicted financial crisis reminded Americans why they so deeply distrust the political class. The 'fiscal cliff' process was secretive and sloppy, and the nation's so-called leadership lacked the political courage to address our root problems: joblessness and debt.

Ron Fournier

LeadershipCourageProblemsPolitical

We don't realize how much racism has tainted our self-image as human beings.

Ruby Dee

RacismHumanRealizeSelf-ImageMuch

The CEO of AT&T told an interviewer back in 2005 that he wanted to introduce a new business model to the Internet: charging companies like Google and Yahoo! to reliably reach Internet users on the AT&T network.

Marvin Ammori

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To be a great NFL player, you have to know what your opponent is doing, not just opposite your position but what they're doing all over the field. All the contingencies.

Michael Sam

GreatDoingYouKnowOpponentOver

The M.F.A. is a degree in servitude. It is a way to keep writing safe - to keep reading safe from writing.

Joshua Cohen

WritingReadingWaySafeDegree

I never wanted to be the guy people looked at. I don't think of myself as being a celebrity; it's too mortifying.

Johnny Depp

MyselfPeopleThinkCelebrityNever

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