Shawn Amos Quotes

Like any self-governing group of people, the Recording Academy has made missteps over the years. Still, it has corrected course and done more to open its arms to the future than nearly any other industry group around.

Shawn Amos

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'Killing Pablo' to me - as much as I love 'The Grey''s script - 'Killing Pablo' to me is the best thing I've ever written.

Joe Carnahan

LoveBestMeMuchEverThing

A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise.

John Henry Newman

WisdomGreatMemoryMoreNeverMade

I made a choice before I lost my legs that I was going to live the best life possible and that I wasn't going to let this slow me down - and that choice has kept me moving forward.

Amy Purdy

LifeLiveBestMoving ForwardMoving

On Day One, a start-up is a faith-based initiative built on guesses.

Steve Blank

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No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.

Solon

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One of the qualities essential to writing exciting stories, whether for page or screen, is an ability to abandon one's morality. We simply cannot be good writers and good people. One must be able to access one's darkest self, one's venality and pettiness and murderousness.

Russell Smith

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I've often wondered if the trade-off for growing up in the relative newness and freshness of the West Coast was befuddlement when it comes to historical preservation. We don't have many old things, and we don't really know what to do with the few that are around when our default response is to compost or field burn.

Mary Pilon

Growing UpGrowingKnowBurnOldUp

People want to classify and say, 'OK, this is a gangster film.' 'This is a Western.' 'This is a... ' You know? It's easy to classify and it makes people feel comfortable, but it doesn't matter, it doesn't really matter.

Martin Scorsese

PeopleGangsterFeelEasyYouKnow

A ban on paid priority is central to any real net neutrality proposal, beginning with the Snowe-Dorgan Bill of 2006. Indeed, the notion of 'payment for priority' is what started the net neutrality fight.

Marvin Ammori

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I'm always champing at the bit to try everything new. It's a terrible quality that I have.

Liz Phair

QualityNewTryAlwaysEverything

Boys have a tendency to jump around a lot more than girls. Boys have that desire to want to dunk way more than girls do. It just never seemed like something we could truly fathom and do.

Lisa Leslie

JumpDesireWantWayMoreNever

I think it's not inaccurate to say that I had a perfectly happy childhood during which I was very unhappy.

Joss Whedon

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