Kristian Nairn Quotes
I saw what religion did to people when I grew up, and I certainly didn't want any part of it. That turned me off it.
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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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In the future, I want to have super-fights.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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No good actor ever stops learning. He is constantly evolving.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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Democracy presumes that we're all created equal; competition proves we are not, or else every race would end in a tie.
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It's like the brooding hen sitting over a china egg.
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Growing up, there were TV shows that were very funny but very traditional. Classic things like 'Fawlty Towers,' obviously, and 'Blackadder' were pretty traditionally shot. And then there were the ones that start to break the mold or be really ambitious. The ones that spring particularly to mind would be 'The Young Ones.'
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Overall I enjoy a certain anonymity. I live a very normal, very ordinary life.
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We should all love animals.
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Designer clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully.
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Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.
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What's so brave about being bald? I've not fought for my country or found the cure for cancer - I've just gone out without my hat on!
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To me, it's just like, if you have talent, and you're lucky enough to find where you fit, and you work with the right people, it's not exalted at all.
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When I looked at the skeleton of 'Damn Yankees,' I saw an indestructible story, absolutely original characters, one of the freshest, sassiest American scores of the century, and some outmoded equipment.
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Moonlight is sculpture.
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My father usually does not talk to me about my films, and it was a pleasant moment when he appreciated me the first time.
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I like to pretend that I'm a tough guy. It's kind of an admission of defeat if I have to ask for help - or even kindness. But if it doesn't come, at some point I snap and demand it.
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It takes a lot of things to prove you are smart, but only one thing to prove you are ignorant.
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Restaurants serve huge portions on even huger platters, and people are tempted to eat too much.
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I wish people would just like me for what I am, the singer in an OK new wave band.
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Telling ourselves that fiction is in a sense true and at the same time not true is essential to the art of fiction. It's been at the heart of fiction from the start. Fiction offers both truth, and we know it's a flat-out lie. Sometimes it drives a novelist mad. Sometimes it energizes us.
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I saw what religion did to people when I grew up, and I certainly didn't want any part of it. That turned me off it.
