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Launching a Magazine the Un-Dumb Way

In Business, Magazines, Quotes on 16 November 2007 with 6 comments

Dave Eggers, on launching magazines:
With Might, we did it the dumb way. We thought we had to do 100,000 circulation and we had to have all this advertising, and it was never going to happen and no one got paid, we were all perpetually disappointed, and it folded. We found out that wasn’t the way […]

Be Honest and Unmerciful

In Inspiration, Movies, Quotes on 21 May 2007 with 3 comments

Memorable quotes for Almost Famous
Lester Bangs: Aw, man. You made friends with them. See, friendship is the booze they feed you. They want you to get drunk on feeling like you belong.
William Miller: Well, it was fun.
Lester Bangs: They make you feel cool. And hey. I met you. You are not cool.
William Miller: I know. […]

Thanks Steve

In Art, Geek, Quotes on 28 June 2005 with Comments Off

Apple founder and CEO Steve Jobs, who dropped out of college after six months, gave a commencement speech at Stanford recently. Here are my two favorite bits:
Sometimes life’s going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved […]

Regret and the Big Kahuna

In Quotes on 1 April 2005 with Comments Off

A small moment from The Big Kahuna:
Phil: The question is, do you have any character at all? And if you want my honest opinion, Bob, you do not. For the simple reason that you don’t regret anything yet.
Bob: Are you saying I won’t have any character unless I do something I regret?
Phil: No, Bob. I’m […]