"The step that a lot of people miss is a dispassionate evaluation of the reasons [for rejection]. If you can dispassionately evaluate the reasons for rejection and find them with merit, you can address them; if without merit, you can ignore them."

-- Brian Koppelman

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“Man stands alone in the universe, a unique product of a long, unconscious, impersonal, material process with unique understanding and potentialities. These he owes to no one but himself, and it is to himself that he is responsible. He is not the creature of uncontrollable and undeterminable forces, but is his own master. He can and must decide and manage his own destiny.”

Source : Walter Kaufmann (2016). “Existentialism From Dostoevsky To Sartre”, p.63, Pickle Partners Publishing
“Regard man as a mine rich in gems of inestimable value. Education can, alone, cause it to reveal its treasures, and enable mankind to benefit there from.”
“In the space of a decade, China and India have emerged as dramatic, dynamic competitors.”
“The rules are simple. Take your work, but never yourself, seriously. Pour in the love and whatever skill you have, and it will come out.”
“After forty a woman has to choose between losing her figure or her face. My advice is to keep your face, and stay sitting down.”

Source : Quoted in Times (London), 6 Oct. 1993.
“People think a big camera and big lighting will make art, and I want to break that rule. If you have a great concept, it can be art.”
“America may not be the best nation on earth, but it has conceived loftier ideals and dreamed higher dreams than any other nation. America is a heterogeneous nation of many different people of different races, religions, and creeds. Should this experiment go forth and prosper, we will have offered humans a new way to look at life; should it fail, we will simply go the way of all failed civilizations.”
“Family Guy is relentlessly excellent.”

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