Quotes About Versatility

Comedians paint ourselves into corners all the time, and tastes in comedy change. The guy in 'The Hangover' was a really fun character to do, and it was easy to do. But you have to find other things because audiences will let you do that for a little bit, and then they're like, 'What else do you have for us, monkey?'

My musical tastes - I'm always searching for new things. I know a lot of people say they listen to everything, but I kind of do.

I like to erase lines between categories. Why separate cookbook writing from writing, healthy from good tasting? I want to be open to possibilities.

I can do a lot in 30 seconds. With Tattoo Liner I can do eyeliner, eyebrow, and, if I want to get creative, a lip look, too.

I'm taught to adapt and exploit every situation in the ring.

I was never a one-dimensional guy; I was always able to block shots, play defense, get rebounds, or drive, or pass. My father made me grow up that way. He taught me to work on different things in my game and wanted me to be more than a one-dimensional player.

I've experienced the highest of highs and been in every single position, and that has taught me so much.

Some people are just gifted with a great voice, other people are gifted with great emotion, other people are gifted with great engagement - when you find all of those things in one package, you have Taylor Swift.

I came up the old-fashioned way - tea boy, cutter, focus-puller, cinematographer - but I wasn't myself old-fashioned.

I just want to be with great teachers. If that means I'm in a horror film with good teachers, I'll do another horror film. But I would love to branch out and do more comedy or just more straight dramas.

It's a team game, and you need to be flexible.

Offense is one phase of the game. You have to be able to play the other phases of the game and help your team win.

NBA teams like to see guys who can help a team win a game in a lot of fashions.

I think playing multiple sports is by far the best way to go. You're talking about different teammates, different skill sets, different mentalities.

I think the thing that helps you get to the next level is being able to affect the game in different ways. And that's me getting my teammates shots instead of me just coming off pin-downs.

I can score in bunches, but it's about being able to make my teammates better and have the defense worry about something else other than me going out there aggressive and forcing it sometimes.

One of the things that makes the best teams in the world the best is the fact that, across midfield and up top, they are capable of hurting you.

rather than heavy annual budgeting processes and efficiency-oriented values, the outlier firms invest in increasing their flexibility, even if this might lead to a small degree of

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A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and I have succeeded fairly well.

The way you keep software soft is to leave as many options open as possible, for as long as possible. What are the options that we need to leave open? They are the details that don't matter.

LEAVING OPTIONS OPEN

The Dimensional Mind has two essential requirements: one, a high level of knowledge about a field or subject; and two, the openness and flexibility to use this knowledge in new and original ways.