There are times when it is best to be content with what one has, so as not to lose everything.
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“There are times when it is best to be content with what one has, so as not to lose everything.”
— Jose Saramago · Content
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“There's this large trend - I think the next trend in the Web, sort of Web 2.0 - which is to have users really express, offer, and market their own content, their own persona, their identity.”
“The goal is to get better each day, to always find a way to improve something, to never be content.”
“It's an interesting thing to come to New York and do a television show. You're doing 10 hours of content in four and a half months. Eighty-hour weeks are par for the course.”
“There were instances where, I can't name names, but a big show used my content without credit.”
“Many have puzzled themselves about the origin of evil. I am content to observe that there is evil, and that there is a way to escape from it, and with this I begin and end.”
“Television is much better crafted today then in the 70s. The content is less positive but I'm one of those that feel our entertainment reflects our world, it's not a driver - art imitates life.”