Adam Ostrow Quotes

A largely unregulated Internet has created knowledge and wealth, but it's also long provided a medium for predatory, abusive and bullying behavior.

Adam Ostrow

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KnowledgeBullyingBehaviorInternet

A career in the theatre demands so much commitment.

Jim Dale

CommitmentTheatreCareerMuch

There is always going to be competition. When you play for a top club, you're going to attract top players. It's part and parcel of football.

Jermain Defoe

FootballCompetitionYouPlayTop

By the way, I'm funniest when I'm not being funny. I'm better to laugh at than with, pretty much.

Jemima Kirke

FunnyBetterLaughWayBeing Funny

I always feel that crime films are about capitalism because it is a genre where it is perfectly acceptable for all the characters to be motivated by the desire for money. In some ways, the crime film is the most honest American film because it portrays Americans as I experience a lot of them, in Hollywood, as being very concerned with money.

Andrew Dominik

MoneyExperienceCapitalismAmerican

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

Maya Angelou

ControlYouEventsHappenDecide

I'm not a dogmatic, purist psychopath. There's an unfair image of me - mean, crazy, hostile. I'm really a very gentle person.

Michael Heizer

MeCrazyPersonUnfairMeanImage

We don't like what we don't know or understand. Parents don't like the thought of their kids embracing social media because they don't fully understand the benefits and dangers.

Amy Jo Martin

Social MediaParentsThoughtMedia

Poverty is restriction and as such, it is the greatest injustice you can perpetrate upon yourself.

Stuart Wilde

YourselfPovertyYouInjustice

My early influences were the Shadows, who were an English instrumental band. They basically got me into playing and later on I got into blues and jazz players. I liked Clapton when he was with John Mayall. I really liked that period.

Tony Iommi

MeEarlyShadowsBluesJazzBand

The trouble with life isn't that there is no answer, it's that there are so many answers.

Ruth Benedict

LifeTroubleAnswersAnswerMany

I'm definitely a fan of juxtaposition. Using the most beautiful line to say the most horrific thing - I think one of the main things in songwriting is definitely friction between the words and the melody.

Rufus Wainwright

BeautifulWordsThinkSayLineFan

I think one thing that helped the sound change, it's a real subtle thing; it's just one switch on my bass, it has three positions, and I usually boost the mid-range frequency, I lowered the frequency that I boost, and that goes out to the sound system, too.

Mike Gordon

ChangeThinkThreeSoundRealOut

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