- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
How Quotes
The questions behind every choice.
This set of how quotes covers a range of specific curiosities, from wondering how an R rating limits a film's audience to asking how a franchise could work without its signature character. Several reflect on the practical 'how' behind creative decisions rather than abstract philosophy. Related reflections continue in our About quotes.
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- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
From 8,000 miles away... I would not judge a fellow soldier from a friendly nation and how they are employing their resources.
- Observe
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- Nov 07, 2020
We observe closely related species in sympatry and infer how they evolved from a common ancestor.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
The theory of founder effects does not explain how novel features like plumage traits arise.
- Fantasy
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- Nov 07, 2020
The French use gardens to show grandeur and the English to show how things have endured for hundreds of years, but for me, they're all about fantasy.
- Professional
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's easier to coach a technical founder how to be CEO and manage a business than it is to teach a professional CEO the nuances of that particular business.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am utterly struck how, 300 years after his execution, Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire.
- Poetry
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- Nov 07, 2020
They need to learn poetry. They don't need to learn about poetry. They don't need to be told how to interpret poetry. They don't need to be told how to understand poetry. They need to learn it.
- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think the space station is innovative. Going to the moon was innovative because we had no idea how to do it.
- School
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of directors straight out of film school are very technically minded, but they don't have an understanding of actors or how to talk to them.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know how to use appliances. I mean, I use the coffee maker. But that's it.
- Nov 07, 2020