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"My biggest role as director on the film is keeping a sense of the overview - how to cast the movie and shoot it in such a way that it will cut together. And how to design the style and tone."
Jay Roach
"My biggest role as director on the film is keeping a sense of the overview - how to cast the movie and shoot it in such a way that it will cut together. And how to design the style and tone."
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"Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it is practicable; and to make this custom the more significant, practice it first upon yourself."
Marcus Aurelius
"Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it is practicable; and to make this custom the more significant, practice it first upon yourself."
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"I have had this view of the optimization of the electrode design for a long time. Historically we went through various phases in the work and eventually worked on large sheets - very large sheets - of palladium."
Martin Fleischmann
"I have had this view of the optimization of the electrode design for a long time. Historically we went through various phases in the work and eventually worked on large sheets - very large sheets - of palladium."
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"I now add, farther, that the apostle's argument is so far from proving it to be the duty of people to obey, and submit to, such rulers as act in contradiction to the public good, and so to the design of their office, that it proves the direct contrary."
Jonathan Mayhew
"I now add, farther, that the apostle's argument is so far from proving it to be the duty of people to obey, and submit to, such rulers as act in contradiction to the public good, and so to the design of their office, that it proves the direct contrary."
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"So if I design it and then go away, it's still living somewhere and it still exists by itself without me."
Marc Newson
"So if I design it and then go away, it's still living somewhere and it still exists by itself without me."
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"The Japanese have a wonderful sense of design and a refinement in their art. They try to produce beautiful paintings with the minimum number of strokes."
David Rockefeller
"The Japanese have a wonderful sense of design and a refinement in their art. They try to produce beautiful paintings with the minimum number of strokes."
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"Just as predatory animals follow a similar general design and behave in similar ways, so organizations, especially those in competition with one another, must follow certain design principles if they are to succeed and prevail."
Robert Shea
"Just as predatory animals follow a similar general design and behave in similar ways, so organizations, especially those in competition with one another, must follow certain design principles if they are to succeed and prevail."
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"I'm opinionated. I always stick to my design plan. I don't waver."
Douglas Wilson
"I'm opinionated. I always stick to my design plan. I don't waver."
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"And then, build a bustling wonderful city of the 21st century, with a restoration of a spectacular skyline, which Manhattan, of course, needs. So, that is really the design as a whole."
Daniel Libeskind
"And then, build a bustling wonderful city of the 21st century, with a restoration of a spectacular skyline, which Manhattan, of course, needs. So, that is really the design as a whole."
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"Being in the design industry, I've tended to meet more people who are affected by HIV and AIDS."
Douglas Wilson
"Being in the design industry, I've tended to meet more people who are affected by HIV and AIDS."
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"I finished high school there and then I went to Rhode Island School of Design."
Stephen Sprouse
"I finished high school there and then I went to Rhode Island School of Design."
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"Three years ago the Government announced the creation of Reconciliation Place, and said that it would include a memorial to those removed from their families. However, they refused to include any of those who were removed in the design of their own memorial."
Malcolm Fraser
"Three years ago the Government announced the creation of Reconciliation Place, and said that it would include a memorial to those removed from their families. However, they refused to include any of those who were removed in the design of their own memorial."
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"The New Testament evinces its universal design in its very, style, which alone distinguishes it from all the literary productions of earlier and later times."
Philip Schaff
"The New Testament evinces its universal design in its very, style, which alone distinguishes it from all the literary productions of earlier and later times."
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"Design works if it's authentic, inspired, and has a clear point of view. It can't be a collection of input."
Ron Johnson
"Design works if it's authentic, inspired, and has a clear point of view. It can't be a collection of input."
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"Last year, Congress gave the Department of Defense the authority to design a new civilian personnel system for its employees as part of the defense authorization bill."
Norm Dicks
"Last year, Congress gave the Department of Defense the authority to design a new civilian personnel system for its employees as part of the defense authorization bill."
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"The reward is that you can actually create a world separate from reality with a story, actors, music, and camera design. When it works it can entertain, move people and teach us all."
Colleen Atwood
"The reward is that you can actually create a world separate from reality with a story, actors, music, and camera design. When it works it can entertain, move people and teach us all."
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"Being non-commercial is never an ambition. Movies come together at different points for fortuitous reasons. You do them as you get the opportunity, as opposed to doing them when you choose to or design to."
Ethan Coen
"Being non-commercial is never an ambition. Movies come together at different points for fortuitous reasons. You do them as you get the opportunity, as opposed to doing them when you choose to or design to."
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"To whom does design address itself: to the greatest number, to the specialist of an enlightened matter, to a privileged social class? Design addresses itself to the need."
Charles Eames
"To whom does design address itself: to the greatest number, to the specialist of an enlightened matter, to a privileged social class? Design addresses itself to the need."
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"Web users ultimately want to get at data quickly and easily. They don't care as much about attractive sites and pretty design."
Tim Berners Lee
"Web users ultimately want to get at data quickly and easily. They don't care as much about attractive sites and pretty design."
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"I look at each episode in two ways - from a design standpoint and from an entertainment standpoint - this is TV, after all. We usually succeed on at least one of the levels."
Douglas Wilson
"I look at each episode in two ways - from a design standpoint and from an entertainment standpoint - this is TV, after all. We usually succeed on at least one of the levels."
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"The scientific argument advanced for intelligent design at the Dover trial, those arguments collapsed, scientifically and intellectually."
Kenneth Miller
"The scientific argument advanced for intelligent design at the Dover trial, those arguments collapsed, scientifically and intellectually."
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"Actually, I didn't make the claim that Ruby follows the principle of least surprise. Someone felt the design of Ruby follows that philosophy, so they started saying that. I didn't bring that up, actually."
Yukihiro Matsumoto
"Actually, I didn't make the claim that Ruby follows the principle of least surprise. Someone felt the design of Ruby follows that philosophy, so they started saying that. I didn't bring that up, actually."
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"I think it's really important to design things with a kind of personality."
Marc Newson
"I think it's really important to design things with a kind of personality."
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"French design hardly exists, except as artificial modernism."
Christian Lacroix
"French design hardly exists, except as artificial modernism."
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"I actually started as a model builder and quickly progressed into production design, which made sense because I could draw and paint. But I kept watching that guy over there who was moving the actors around and setting up the shots."
James Cameron
"I actually started as a model builder and quickly progressed into production design, which made sense because I could draw and paint. But I kept watching that guy over there who was moving the actors around and setting up the shots."
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"No wonder the film industry started in the desert in California where, like all desert dwellers, they dream their buildings, rather than design them."
Arthur Erickson
"No wonder the film industry started in the desert in California where, like all desert dwellers, they dream their buildings, rather than design them."
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"Beautiful Evidence is about the theory and practice of analytical design."
Edward Tufte
"Beautiful Evidence is about the theory and practice of analytical design."
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"Well, yes, I mean, I think that, you know, my sources suggest that there's a lot of support for the notion that there is a lot of Koran abuse and that it was very much a systematic design, not just an aberration."
Jane Mayer
"Well, yes, I mean, I think that, you know, my sources suggest that there's a lot of support for the notion that there is a lot of Koran abuse and that it was very much a systematic design, not just an aberration."
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"Once the product's task is known, design the interface first; then implement to the interface design."
Jef Raskin
"Once the product's task is known, design the interface first; then implement to the interface design."
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"So much of it is the design of the shot or the motion of the character; it's the work you do so that it has the same things that are in the movie. In just a few frames it's got to communicate something clearly and dramatically."
Dennis Muren
"So much of it is the design of the shot or the motion of the character; it's the work you do so that it has the same things that are in the movie. In just a few frames it's got to communicate something clearly and dramatically."
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"One of the best animated films I've seen come out of Disney was the Tarzan movie. I wasn't crazy about the story or the design on Tarzan's face, but the traditional animation was spectacular."
Ralph Bakshi
"One of the best animated films I've seen come out of Disney was the Tarzan movie. I wasn't crazy about the story or the design on Tarzan's face, but the traditional animation was spectacular."
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"In two days, it's hard to to get the quality you would normally want for a design project."
Douglas Wilson
"In two days, it's hard to to get the quality you would normally want for a design project."
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"Readers always seem to think that the author has some control over the design of their books."
Donald Norman
"Readers always seem to think that the author has some control over the design of their books."
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"But my point is that you design something in the end that precludes any unhealthy trading practices that are not going to serve your environmental or your economic objectives but now is not the time to do it."
John Anderson
"But my point is that you design something in the end that precludes any unhealthy trading practices that are not going to serve your environmental or your economic objectives but now is not the time to do it."
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"Complexity is one of the great problems in environmental design."
Christopher Alexander
"Complexity is one of the great problems in environmental design."
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"I wear a lot of different hats - from writer to producer and artist. We all do 5 or 6 jobs, everything from creating our own graphic design to actually recording and the whole bit."
William Bell
"I wear a lot of different hats - from writer to producer and artist. We all do 5 or 6 jobs, everything from creating our own graphic design to actually recording and the whole bit."
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"Outside of the chair, the teapot is the most ubiquitous and important design element in the domestic environment and almost everyone who has tackled the world of design has ended up designing one."
David McFadden
"Outside of the chair, the teapot is the most ubiquitous and important design element in the domestic environment and almost everyone who has tackled the world of design has ended up designing one."
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"I design for real people. I think of our customers all the time. There is no virtue whatsoever in creating clothing or accessories that are not practical."
Giorgio Armani
"I design for real people. I think of our customers all the time. There is no virtue whatsoever in creating clothing or accessories that are not practical."
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"The garden, by design, is concerned with both the interior and the land beyond the garden."
Stephen Gardiner
"The garden, by design, is concerned with both the interior and the land beyond the garden."
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"I don't set goals. Like, that's what I want to be doing however many years from now. I do what I love to do at the moment. If I wake up tomorrow and decide I want to dance, that's what I'd do. Or design clothes."
Ayumi Hamasaki
"I don't set goals. Like, that's what I want to be doing however many years from now. I do what I love to do at the moment. If I wake up tomorrow and decide I want to dance, that's what I'd do. Or design clothes."
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"So I went for engineering, specifically product design, which I enjoyed."
Debi Thomas
"So I went for engineering, specifically product design, which I enjoyed."
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"It is most necessary to avoid rusticity in any way, whether in material, design, or execution."
George Edmund Street
"It is most necessary to avoid rusticity in any way, whether in material, design, or execution."
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"I mean, I think about it, but I don't design my record to get a certain public response."
Liz Phair
"I mean, I think about it, but I don't design my record to get a certain public response."
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"Biological engineering is not necessarily understanding systems but rather, I want to be able to design and build biological systems to perform particular applications."
Drew Endy
"Biological engineering is not necessarily understanding systems but rather, I want to be able to design and build biological systems to perform particular applications."
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"We thought it would be fun to try to design a show that would work well internationally and so that' s what we're intending to do with Fraggle Rock, and we are indeed now selling it around the world."
Jim Henson
"We thought it would be fun to try to design a show that would work well internationally and so that' s what we're intending to do with Fraggle Rock, and we are indeed now selling it around the world."
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"Design is an unknown."
Geoffrey Beene
"Design is an unknown."
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"You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality."
Walt Disney
"You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality."
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"Design is so critical it should be on the agenda of every meeting in every single department."
Tom Peters
"Design is so critical it should be on the agenda of every meeting in every single department."
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"An image is not simply a trademark, a design, a slogan or an easily remembered picture. It is a studiously crafted personality profile of an individual, institution, corporation, product or service."
Daniel J. Boorstin
"An image is not simply a trademark, a design, a slogan or an easily remembered picture. It is a studiously crafted personality profile of an individual, institution, corporation, product or service."
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"Design is everything. Everything!"
Paul Rand
"Design is everything. Everything!"
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