Charlie Brooker Quotes
Like bankers, top footballers are massively overpaid, but at least you comprehend what they're doing for the money.
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I read part of it all the way through.
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I never thought, when I was a kid, that there was a sense of competition or animosity towards poor blacks. I just thought there was a recognition that they lived differently - they primarily lived on the other side of town. And we're both poor, but that's kind of it. There wasn't much explicit statement of kinship or of the lack of kinship.
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I'm open to all the elements, I'm definitely ready to take anything on. But I don't want to jump too far into the deep end.
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My hope that Thatcher would inadvertently bring about a new political revolution was well and truly bogus. All that sprang out of Thatcherism were extreme financialisation, the triumph of the shopping mall over the corner store, the fetishisation of housing and Tony Blair.
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In a movie, you have to be mindful that no budget is going to be able to deal with running around the globe at every whim of the writer.
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I remember walking out in front of that crowd, all the parents' faces and the applause, and folding my little self in half and thinking, 'I could get used to this.' And I just never stopped.
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One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it.
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But eventually it is a game of cricket.
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Of course, individuals vary greatly within each racial group and should be treated as such.
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'Where is your million-dollar shirt?' I'm like, 'It's underneath these $25 Hanes T-shirts I've got on.'
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I'm no Method actor. I've tried staying in character, and it's just exhausting.
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The star of 'Narcos' and the director and creator of 'Narcos' are both Brazilian superstars. So Brazil has received 'Narcos' particularly well as it's been well-received around the world.
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Music has a tremendous effect on me. When it's playing, I can't think or do anything other than listen. But I can write to it.
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I like to have friends in the kitchen and make a big mess and use every pot in the kitchen.
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Publishing magazines for yourself is not good business, man.
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My definition is that geo-enlightenment is understanding the interconnectedness of things.
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I love going to the local market and seeing friends that I grew up with... and having conversations. I love the community of Bayonne.
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I have a really hard time abiding by falsehoods being left in place.
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I prefer writing in the mornings, so to that extent I have a routine. I do reading and other things in the afternoon.
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I watch a TV show called 'Shark Tank.' It's one of my favorite TV shows. It's basically self-made millionaires who have either come up with their own business or clothing... I came up with the idea of designing clothes.
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I think if you're an actor, then you can work on stage - but if you've never done it before, you're going to have picked up a few things that you're going to need to change when you're working on stage.
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I think the market should reward banks that have been transparent in recognising their problems. I think the tendency of banks to hide the problem assets over a period of three or four years should not be allowed.
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Incorruptibility by money is the old story... Now it's incorruptibility by media.
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Like bankers, top footballers are massively overpaid, but at least you comprehend what they're doing for the money.
