When you set out to create a new product, you usually do not start by trying to think of something completely new. You think of a product or concept that is already 'normal' to the world and then try to make it better. You make it Super Normal.
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Related I guess the headline is that you mustn't tough it out assuming it's 'normal' to feel... ZOE FOSTER BLAKE When you're trying to solve a problem on a new product type, you become completely focused on pr... JONATHAN IVE Every day that you're on set is a new day to learn something. Every time you're there, there... ISAAC HEMPSTEAD WRIGHT Most marketers think there's a concept called a product life cycle. Once you realize that the wo... CLAYTON M. CHRISTENSEN Read everything! Don't just read things that are in your comfort zone or things that you think y... CASSANDRA CLARE The life of a vampire begins with the first bite. A.J. GALLANT I try to make music with emotion and integrity. And authenticity. You can feel when something's ... JAY-Z You promote your films; it's part of your job. You do the magazine covers and stuff, and then I ... KATE BOSWORTH It's like, what if you get a set of tires that aren't balanced right or a driveshaft that... TONY STEWART First: the best is the enemy of the good, trying to be perfect or trying to meet infinite context wi... CHRISTINA WODTKE If you really want to be a music producer, stop watching 'Friends' when you get home from sc... AFROJACK When you sample something, you're using the crutch of borrowing chords and melodies from a song ... G-EAZY Advertisers like that because they want you to feel their product isn't normal - this perfume isn't ... CARY COOPER I've got some great guy friends. They can start out as crushes. But when you realize something i... COURTENEY COX The biggest thing about me, as an actor, is I'm never a finished product, you know? I always wan... ANEURIN BARNARD We set out to create a product that would translate our already user-friendly functionality into a b... KEVIN MCCARTHY You can't not be changed by the experience of seeing extreme poverty. You start to want to think... MARK TAKANO If a script comes together, and you end up liking the people who are part of it, that's when you... ALEXA VEGA When you make the decision to start something new, first figure out the jobs you want to do. Then po... WHITNEY JOHNSON When you're seventeen to early twenties, that's the time you're trying to work out who y... DANIEL RADCLIFFE Long-time viewing of Internet violence tend to change a person's temperament, making the person pron... YOU QUANXI If positive and healthy materials are absent, negative materials are sure to be dominant in the cybe... YOU QUANXI In a robust global business environment, our business units operated well in the first quarter. More... HARRY YOU The Board of Directors and I are pleased to recognize Peter's outstanding contribution to the succes... HARRY YOU We are pleased to close the books on 2004 following the painstaking review of almost five years of f... HARRY YOU The 20th century was all about hierarchies: if you want to create something, if you want to start a ... CHRIS FUSSELL It's somewhat of a normal procedure sometimes when you have a knee drained... so long as it'... JAMES WORTHY We try to entertain first, advertise second. When you find out that it's sponsored, we've al... CHARLES LINCOLN NEAL It tells me that you have to make an investment in your product. It's just like any manufacturing co... ERIC PETERS Dare to try something new. And when you do hit a wall or make a mistake, don’t blame anyone else. DAN WALDSCHMIDT The more I compose, the more I know that I don't know it all. I think it's a good way to sta... A. R. RAHMAN When I wake up, I expect things to be good. If they're not, then I try to set about trying to ma... DOLLY PARTON One of the things you do when you make a piece of art is you try to make the world you'd rather ... BRIAN ENO To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be. GOLDA MEIR Once you get into a feature, whether it's a sequel or an original one, you have to start all ove... DAN SCANLON If a product's future is unlikely to be remarkable - if you can't imagine a future in which ... SETH GODIN You promote your films; it's part of your job. You do the magazine covers and stuff, and then I try ... KATE BOSWORTH In order to honor God with your wealth, you first have to admit that you are rich. Most people won't... CRAIG GROESCHEL I think every relationship has a point where you stop and reevaluate. Are you happy? Have you grown ... COURTENEY COX When you innovate, you create new industries that then boost your economy. And when you create new i... NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON Every minute starts an hour and every minute is a new opportunity. Each time the clock ticks you hav... SOURCE UNKNOWN How to get it, I annoy you??? You are not interested??? What's the idea??? DEYTH BANGER It is what it is, it is what you make it. JAMES DURBIN If you want to make pictures and enjoy making them, you better go out and make something that a lot ... HOWARD HAWKS I think the high-tech industry is used to developing new things very quickly. It's the Silicon V... ELON MUSK I do think that you can dress yourself out of a problem. The way that a haircut and a new pair of pa... GREG BEHRENDT In terms of tackling different subjects, I can't really think of anything I wouldn't want to... CARY FUKUNAGA Usually, impersonations come out of something you dig, because you're listening to it over and o... ALEX BORSTEIN When you talk to a politician like that, it's hard to get something new out of him. I do think he's ... LOUIS MENAND The real truths of life are never entirely new to you or to anybody because there is a level deep do... ECKHART TOLLE I think the success around any product is really about subtle insights. You need a great product and... CHAD HURLEY If you do something exceptionally well or make an outstanding product, be sure to tell others or it ... PETER PADILLA I think politics is a higher build in life. You know? If you diffuse under normal, common sense of a... BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI The funniest people I know were, not necessarily troubled, but had a harder time in school or were s... KAITLIN OLSON I think it's really important whilst you're a young actor to try as many new things as possi... ED SPELEERS You really have to love the work. You can't look for stardom. That's a by-product. DONNA MILLS There are too many weirdos in this world already. Everyone's trying to be different. If you really w... MJ CHRISTINE The smart way to build a literary career is you create an identifiable product, then reliably produc... KAREN JOY FOWLER In regard to music, I just think that it's always best to have an attitude of being a perpetual ... DAVID SANBORN The only reason you make a movie is not to make or set out to do a good or a bad movie, it's jus... ALFONSO CUARON Sometimes when you work in advertising you'll get a product that's really garbage and you have to ma... AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS I think a lot of it has to do with learning. With the fact that you never stop trying something new. CARMELLA HILBERT When you're surrounded by people who share the same set of assumptions as you, you start to thin... EMILY LEVINE I think it's very important that whatever you're trying to make or sell, or teach has to be basicall... MARTHA STEWART Most cooks try to learn by making dishes. Doesn't mean you can cook. It means you can make that ... TOM COLICCHIO Contracts are not a holy relic in football. You can like this attitude or not, but it's the trut... ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI When you can assume that your audience holds the same beliefs as you do, you can relax a little and ... FLANNERY O'CONNOR You can take as much as you can from the generation that has preceded you, but then it's up to y... JACKSON BROWNE I do think there is a lot of potential if you have a compelling product and people are willing to pa... ELON MUSK I've made a lot of mistakes in my life, but I think that's normal for someone who wants to g... GIANLUIGI BUFFON What is it that makes you so angry, bothers you so deeply, that you're compelled to act? CRAIG GROESCHEL If you think you can do it, you can. JOHN BURROUGHS When you make a movie, you really have to be clever and smart, find something new for the worldwide ... OLIVIER MEGATON You always want to try to make something new, and, of course, America is the world leader in economi... TADAO ANDO I know, Little Man, you are quick with the diagnosis of craziness when you meet a truth you don’t ... WILHELM REICH A job on a newspaper is a special thing. Every day you take something that you found out about, and ... JIMMY BRESLIN Liquid architecture. It's like jazz - you improvise, you work together, you play off each other,... FRANK GEHRY One minute you're a developing athlete trying to get to the top, then the next minute you do wel... JESSICA ENNIS It's not that I'm trying to write another '7 Years' or a new version of 'Mama Sa... LUKAS FORCHHAMMER Hammer down product fundamentals first. Make sure you've got something that works before doublin... RYAN HOLMES Normal is a societal construct that is created by us. There is no consistency across civilizations. ... BEVERLY L. ANDERSON Today resolve to get rid of all the negativity that has been eating you away, dump those thoughts wh... LATIKA TEOTIA A rule of thumb: If the company you work for provides a product or service that's pretty much th... ADAM DAVIDSON Who wouldn't like to give up normal life? I mean, normal life, you know, is the second worst thi... VIK MUNIZ When I'm shooting on location, you get ideas on the spot - new angles. You make not major change... SATYAJIT RAY It's just not in the back of your mind. If a shot gets through, you don't worry about it because you... MATHIEU DANDENAULT You just have to surround yourself with people who are going to support and love you before trying t... JAMIE BELL When you stand out in a small town or at work,or in your peer group, whatever it is, it feels really... KATHERINE RYAN A lot of people, when they say 'forgive and forget,' they think you completely wash your bra... ISHMAEL BEAH There came a time when these two incompatible notions of who I was, well, something had to give. Eit... SEAN PARKER As a writer, as a lyricist, you're just trying to make sure that you're not repeating yourse... COREY TAYLOR Well, I am not interested in the kind of expression that you have when you paint a painting with bru... DONALD JUDD When you speak directly at things and don't say you're going to try to do something or that ... J. B. SMOOVE The important thing to remember, if you are trying something that is an innovation, is not to think ... SANDRO VERONESI You read a script, you try and think through what is the best, most wide-ranging way of telling the ... SCOTT RUDIN Modern formulaic society will try to make you "normal," rushing to call pseudoscientific anything yo... SAHARA SANDERS Partnerships are increasingly seen through the prism of promises and expectations, and as a kind of ... ZYGMUNT BAUMAN I watch people who are not driven by creativity any more, and I think how dull it must be to produce... GEORGE MICHAEL You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you g... STEVE JOBS It is very difficult. You can walk to the next tee and not think about things, but if you do make a ... COLIN MONTGOMERIE
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