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December 30, 2008

WORDS OF WISDOM: NEXT PROJECT

"I've just spent five years pushing a rock up the Paramount mountain and I'm perfectly happy to do a short for an anthology and some television commercials."
-- Director David Fincher in an interview with MTV discussing what his next project will be after "Benjamin Button".

Amen to that. I just spent two years on ATHLETE (going on three) and I'd be perfectly happy doing a few birthday videos now. Ok maybe not. But seriously, it would be a year or two before I'd consider working on another feature. The process has been intense.

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August 30, 2008

WORDS OF WISDOM: KARATE

"I don't know karate, but I know ka-razy!"
-- The Godfather of Soul, James Brown in his 1974 hit song The Payback.

Watch live performance of The Payback.

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August 20, 2008

WORDS OF WISDOM: FAILURE

"I'm inspired by failure. By being told I can't do something. Defeat — the process of picking yourself back up. Learning — and losing — hurts like hell. It's the hardest thing in the world. But beating the odds? Everybody likes an underdog. It makes running with the top dogs that much sweeter. And that's why I work so hard."
-- Lolo Jones, US Olympic hurdler in an interview with Oakley.com (before Beijing) about her early hardships in life.

Without question, one of my favorite stories of the Olympics. Very moving and inspiring.

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July 09, 2008

WORDS OF WISDOM: GAS


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June 12, 2008

WORDS OF WISDOM: DESIGN

"Art is a worthy pursuit, but I think 'design' is an even higher form of creativity. Design 'fuses' art and science, or art and problem solving, or art and usefulness, sometimes all the above in the same project." -- Tinker Hatfield, Nike's VP of Innovation Design in an email to Kanye West after seeing him perform.

More on Tinker Hatfield's career as athlete, architect and prolific shoe designer for Nike in an interview from USA Today.

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June 04, 2008

WORDS OF WISDOM: ACTION

"If you want to see what someone is about, you look at what people do. What they say is how they want to be seen." -- Director David Fincher

Came across a 2007 article about Fincher from Esquire magazine. Read the rest at Esquire.com. Good stuff.

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