If I learned anything at Pixar, it is that story comes first. Pixar’s creative leader, John Lasseter, used to say, “Great graphics will keep us entertained for a couple of minutes; it is story that holds us in our seats.”
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“Men know that women are an overmatch for them, and therefore they choose the weakest or the most ignorant. If they did not think so, they never could be afraid of women knowing as much as themselves.”
― A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides
― A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides
“By definition, it is not possible to everyone to be above the average.”
― Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
― Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
“A company should limit its growth based on its ability to attract enough of the right people.”
― Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
― Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
“Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.”
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“Where are the people?” resumed the little prince at last. “It’s a little lonely in the desert…” “It is lonely when you’re among people, too,” said the snake.”
― The Little Prince
― The Little Prince
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