Douglas Rushkoff Quotes

One argument against open systems is that they become open to everything, good and bad. Like a Richard Meier skyscraper, the anal retentive, Bauhaus elegance of the Mac does prevent the loose ends and confusion of a less sterile environment. But it also prevents fertility. Apple's development must come from within.

Douglas Rushkoff

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Becoming a parent has changed the risk calculus for me. But it might be age, too, and seeing a lot of friends die in the mountains. Will I take the same risks I took in my 20s? Probably not, but I will always push myself in the mountains.

Jimmy Chin

AgeMyselfMountainsRisksMePush

There's different ways to win in this league. It's not always going to be pretty.

Jimmy Garoppolo

WinAlwaysPrettyGoingDifferent

I'm especially keen to work with good scriptwriters on stories we have developed.

Jiang Wen

WorkGoodStoriesKeenDeveloped

Those damned Abstract Expressionists. They were a major problem. Because the critics adored them to such an extent, reams and reams, pages and pages of articles about Abstract Expressionists, when we came along, we were just not taken seriously at all.

Robert Indiana

ProblemSeriouslyCriticsAbstract

I choose work that is hard to pull off. And it's scary how things can go wrong. But if there's no risk involved, it's not challenging. A good idea will survive any process.

Steven Holl

WorkGoodSurviveProcessChooseGo

What's a cult? It just means not enough people to make a minority.

Robert Altman

PeopleEnoughMinorityCultJust

Teaching prejudice to a child is itself a form of bullying. You've got to be taught to hate.

Roger Ebert

HateBullyingChildYouPrejudice

Everyone wants to be loved; everyone wants to know where they're going in life; everyone wants to have a sense of direction and feel the next day is going to be better than today. We just all deal with it in a different way.

Jason Reitman

LifeTodayDayDirectionBetterWay

I keep 'The Paper Bag Princess' by Robert Munsch on my shelf to remind me that my prince will love me no matter what I wear. Cheesy!

Brittany Snow

LoveMeBagLove MePrincessMatter

Simplicity is natures first step, and the last of art.

Philip James Bailey

NatureArtStepSimplicityFirst

You're going to find England, unfortunately, is a place where you get a lot of jealous, envious, you know, negative people. That's how it is.

Philip Green

PeopleNegativeJealousYouFind

Be able to decline a date so gracefully that the person isn't embarrassed that he or she asked.

Marilyn vos Savant

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