Giles Deacon Quotes

I don't design for wallflowers.

Giles Deacon

Recitation: by Male by Female

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I hate to see complacency prevail in our lives when it's so directly contrary to the teaching of Christ.

Jimmy Carter

HateComplacencySeePrevailChrist

When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor this deceit.

John Dryden

LifeHopePeopleCheatFavorFooled

Our initial idea with Stripe was that for people like us - those building apps and websites - it was incredibly difficult to take payments. So with an open mind, and maybe a useful lack of knowledge about the industry, we started building a payment product.

John Collison

KnowledgePeopleMindBuildingOpen

The cynical part of the answer is that I expect to see a good deal more space opera, set far enough in the future as to be disconnected from contemporary issues.

John M. Ford

GoodFutureSpaceEnoughMoreSee

By the second sentence of a pitch, the entirety of the story should be explained.

Michael Hastings

StoryExplainedSecondShouldPitch

The great opera composers were so good at their job, that the whole genre came to be built around the concept of the composer's vision.

Stewart Copeland

GoodVisionGreatJobOperaWhole

I say yes to everything if I like the overall thing that's being put out there. I'll do anything with David Wain.

Michaela Watkins

SayEverythingYesOutAnythingPut

If I have a bad hair day, I just think, 'Well, it will be an OK hair day tomorrow. Just put your head down and go.'

Mitt Romney

DayTomorrowHairThinkBadDown

For whatever reason, I encounter Canadian whiskey at hunting camps way more often than I do in restaurants, bars, or homes. Could be the lower price. Could be the mellow character, which lends itself to long hours of fireside sipping. Or it could just be tradition.

Jonathan Miles

CharacterTraditionLongPriceWay

Power is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a lie.

Wole Soyinka

TruthPowerLieControlDomination

When you cut a film, certain scenes fall away and don't fit into the shape of the movie.

Wyck Godfrey

YouFallShapeCutAwayFilm

I was born in very sorry circumstances. Both of my parents were very sorry.

Norman Wisdom

FunnyParentsSorryBornI Was Born

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