Paolo Nutini Quotes
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There's always the risk that there are unknown unknowns.
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I'm interested not just in projects that I'll be starring in, but producing film and TV that's really quality and great for adults; and when I say 'great for adults,' it doesn't mean without humor, because I'm also interested in doing comedy.
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Americans are more likely to watch a film in their own language. For the rest of the world, it doesn't matter so much.
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Smart people are a dime a dozen. What matters is the ability to think different... to think out of the box.
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I am young, and I think all young guys would love to play a superhero - any superhero - it doesn't matter. I could be a superhero that would just turn into a big blob or something like that, but I could tell all the ladies, 'Hey, I am superhero!'
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I've got a PowerPoint deck that I use for internal presentations, and there's a slide on it that asks, 'What percentage of your game is combat versus exploration versus puzzle solving versus platforming,' and I refuse to answer that question.
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I believe in helping young people rock causes they care about because I was one of those young people... a long time ago.
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When you're a teenage girl, a lot of being pretty has to do with your hair.
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I love ice cream, and I love chocolate.
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Living in New York City is one constant, ongoing literary pilgrimage. For 20 years, I lived among the ghosts of great writers and walked where they had walked.
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You don't want people thinking you're a cheat just because you're really fast and have broken the world record by a second.
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Men think a woman should not have an opinion.
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Thou shalt not give birth reluctantly.
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Typically, a book is published and gets one season in the sun. Eventually, you write another book, and maybe your old books get a bump, but my books seem to keep being discovered and recommended to new people of all ages.
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People are really upside down. They want a government they can trust. They want one that's not going to raise their taxes by $15 billion and not lay off one state employee.
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I didn't grow up with a mother, so I don't have that resource to rely on and ask a million questions.
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Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest.
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What's been happening in Iraq, what young Americans wearing flak jackets, helmets and flight suits have done is... created the circumstances under which Iraq can become our closest ally in that part of the world and still have a representative government. And that's going to be a very good thing considering what's going on in that neighborhood.
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What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call 'thought'.
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I feel privileged that I've been able to get anywhere, with my quote-unquote limited mainstream appeal, given my race and subject matter. Of course, I always have my masters to fall back on.
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To be challenged means to strive. I'm almost certain that's true.
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I'm not looking to do 'Half Nelson' next, but to play anything that's a little more complex is really fun.
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If you want to build a recursively self-improving AI, have it go through a billion sequential self-modifications, become vastly smarter than you, and not die, you've got to work to a pretty precise standard.
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Charts and learning the politics behind making a record - it's pretty soulless.
