Kamla Persad-Bissessar Quotes
We need to rekindle those values, those strengths as a nation and as a people... And we must do so as one people with one goal.
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I wanted my children to have the same exposure to the water I had. My strongest memories of Northeast Harbor are going in a small Whaler with my dad, looking for osprey.
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I used to believe I was going to live forever. And then you suddenly become aware that you're not.
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Our music doesn't make many compromises, but we take it into a venue that's larger than people expect.
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I was a tough kid with the jeans, the concert shirt with the flannel over it, the comb in the back pocket and the feathered hair.
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I don't like the blame game, though.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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I'm a chubby middle-aged white guy with short hair. I think that's it, really. I kind of have a look. Right now, I'm not fat enough to be the fat friend, but I'm not thin enough to be the leading man, so I look like a cop.
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If people get to the end of the record, then that is a treat.
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Novelists should be like scientists, dissecting the cadaver.
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Man is a microcosm, or a little world, because he is an extract from all the stars and planets of the whole firmament, from the earth and the elements; and so he is their quintessence.
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My mother is a beautiful writer. Writing letters back and forth with her was an athletic endeavor, and it became something I really looked forward to.
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It's really bizarre because no one knows this, but elephants have killed more animal trainers than any other animal.
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More and more, we're used to taking things in through the eyes rather than through the ears, and opera is more of a spectacle.
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Happiness is a mysterious concept. It seems to work best as futurity: at that point I will be happy, et cetera. I feel like I experience small pieces of joy day to day.
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If I'm teaching girls that do love to make cookies and do love fashion - that they can use math as a part of that - you think that's me saying, come on girls you belong in the kitchen, you belong shopping? Or, do you think it's me showing them how math is part of all their life, even the part they thought it had nothing to do with?
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'Haraamkhor' is a low budget film. We are not worried about the box office because our film is already in profit. It's got a strong content that will reach people's heart.
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Every DC or Marvel property is constantly getting reinvented because we love these characters. They're so iconic, and we want to watch them over and over again.
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I don't mind dating younger men now.
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Comedy is a shared experience, and I think it's great to open that to a wide demographic.
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I've been a Raider all my life.
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Learn a lot about the world and finish things, even if it is just a short story. Finish it before you start something else. Finish it before you start rewriting it. That's really important.
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We start with strong characters and build the movie from there. That not to say we don't struggle with story - that's the most challenging part.
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I take judge-made law as one of the existing realities of life.
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We need to rekindle those values, those strengths as a nation and as a people... And we must do so as one people with one goal.
