Ahmet Ertegun Quotes

There is a certain sort of excess that is interesting, don't you think? And America is, of course, the most excessive place.

Ahmet Ertegun

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ThinkInterestingAmericaYouPlace

I think we are ready to know that there are going to be people who are ready to save the world, who come out when you're in trouble and make sure that you're okay.

Jennifer Love Hewitt

PeopleWorldThinkYouReadyKnow

With science, there is this culture of experimentation, and most of the time, those experiments fail.

John Lasseter

ScienceTimeCultureFailMost

I'm not sure there's another way to help move more people out of poverty than to raise the minimum wage.

John Hickenlooper

PeopleHelpPovertyWayMoreOut

As publishers focus on blockbusters, they steadily lose interest in little-known authors from other countries.

Stephen Kinzer

FocusLoseInterestOtherAuthors

Back in '93 and '94, when 'Dookie' was being made, my dad built this tour bus for us, out of a bookmobile. We toured in it for the first year. It was a really bad idea, by the way.

Tre Cool

YearBadBackWayFirstBus

Many athletes competing in Atlanta wouldn't be here if it weren't for corporate support.

Mary Lou Retton

SupportAtlantaCompetingHereMany

I feel such a connection to 'Violet.'

Joshua Henry

FeelConnectionVioletI Feel

I casually advise a few young companies, and I'm always surprised when I see them overthinking simple problems, adding too much structure too early, and trying to get formal too soon. Start-ups should embrace their scrappiness, not rush to toss it aside.

Jason Fried

SimpleProblemsTryingEarlyYoung

I've been very lucky in my long life. On three continents, in diverse cultures, through happy moments, not-so-happy moments, and moments as marvelous as this one, I've had the privilege of working with the cinema's greatest masters.

Dino De Laurentiis

LifeHappyMomentsLongCinema

How can we salute - encourage the American spirit? That means many different things to many different people.

Desiree Rogers

PeopleAmericanSpiritThingsMeans

Nashville is a pretty small place.

Chris Lane

SmallPlaceNashvillePretty

The whole schizophrenia angle interested me. When I first started working on it, I thought I would play up that angle more than I ended up doing. The religious aspect of the story was also a draw.

Chester Brown

MeStoryThoughtDoingPlayFirst

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