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Martin Scorsese Quote: 'There's no such thing as simple. ...'

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Profession: Director
Nationality: American
Birthday: November 17, 1942

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Destiny is a good thing to accept when it's going your way. When it isn't, don't call it destiny; call it injustice, treachery, or simple bad luck.
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I live a fairly simple life, and that didn't change much after I sold TechCrunch in 2010. I didn't buy a new house or even a new car. The one thing I did splurge on was a boat. Nothing too fancy or large.
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Yeah, the first thing that comes to mind is not to try too hard.


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The hard thing is making sure you work with wonderful people and that you get something out of it so that you can get better as an actor.
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