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Don’t give people what they want, give them what they need.

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Joss Whedon
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 23
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I had imagined I would come back at some point. But yeah, that was for a very specific reason. I will be very excited when I can tweet things that are just stupid puns and not be political for a while.
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I'm the least confident person in so many ways. But I believed that if somebody gave me the chance to tell a story, I would tell a story [well enough] that the person who gave me the chance would get their money back.
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I can do web, comic books, macrame, art.
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When it comes to the iconic moments, you sort of have to take all of those things and distill them the same way the costumers do and everybod Distill them and then find your own. The most iconic moment in the movie is, assuming they do, when they assemble.
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You don't buy a Picasso because you love the frame.
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I got a bunch of people together to talk about doing a lot and decided that I really want to throw my hand in and do as much as I can.
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I always watch what I say. I am what I say.
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There’s a fine line between support and stalking and let’s all stay on the right side of that.
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I've seen plenty of films where the projector broke. The problems that we have in the digital age are exactly the same as we had. Instead of, 'There's a hair in the gate,' it's, 'The computer ate the footage.' There will always be things like that going on. Nothing is perfect.
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I don't want to create responsible shows with lawyers in them. I want to invade people's dreams.
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I'm well aware when they fired the starting gun I was halfway down the track, but I still ran as fast as I could for 25 years.
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The Hulk is the most difficult Marvel property because it's always about balance. Is he a monster? Is he a hero? Are you going to root for a protagonist who spends all his time trying to stop the reason you came to the movie from happening? It's always a dance
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My soul is wrapped in harsh repose, Midnight descends in raven-colored clothes, But soft... behold! A sunlight beam Butting a swath of glimmering gleam. My heart expands, 'tis grown a bulge in it, Inspired by your beauty... Effulgent.
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Very occasionally, if you pay really close attention, life doesn't suck.
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In other news, it's been far too long since I gloated massively about the fact that I know what's going to happen on Buffy and you all don't.
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You take people, you put them on a journey, you give them peril, you find out who they really are.
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