Linear Quotations | Page 2

I look for something that can challenge me or makes me ever so slightly afraid - fearful of how I am going to approach it - then I'll go for it. If the project appears linear or predictable, then I'll usually give it a miss. Anything that involves me being stretched as an actor, I go for.

The overwhelming majority of people are still going to watch television in a linear fashion. But there's a growing group of people who aren't looking to see what's the best show on in that time slot, but what's the best show available. We need to stay ahead of that.

There is a perception that the Chinese started out downtrodden and abused in the 19th century and gradually rose to the top of society as model minorities, and you see them winning Nobel Prizes and getting into our best colleges. But it is not a linear progression. Things don't always get better.

The plumbing and pluvial dynamics of the Amazon, the largest freshwater system on Earth, are still far from understood. This is partly because it is a semi-open system. Moisture flows in and out unpredictably. A lot of nonlinear feedback loops and 'remote influences' - continental, transcontinental, oceanic, meteorological - come into play.

The global climate is a complex interactive system, with all kinds of nonlinear feedback loops.

Our path is not going to linear and smooth.

Our path is not going to be linear or smooth. It's still early days.

Part of the problem with existing linear advertising models, even in new media like online video, is the general lack of ability to make ads relevant and timely when rolled out to broad audiences. Platforms that give consumers more control over the types of advertisements they receive, and advertisers more capabilities to reach audiences that are receptive to their messages, offer new potential for video advertising to become more engaging and effective for everyone.

I've always been fascinated by the operation of memory - the way in which it is not linear but fragmented, and its ambivalence.

I have always thought that L.A. is a motor city that developed linear downtowns.