Nalo Hopkinson Quotes
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I was a little hesitant at first because there's so many ways you can get 'Straight Outta Compton' wrong. You know, it's such a great story; it's such a classic tale. I was a little nervous 'cause it's like a very narrow road to success with that type of story - you got to get it right - but when I read it, I was pleasantly surprised.
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I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.''
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Good argument is intended to persuade another.
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I don't pay attention to the media. You guys can say whatever you want. At the end of the day, at the end of the season, if we're doing well, you guys are going to be there.
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When the word 'morality' comes up in connection with economics, income distribution and financial stability are usually the issues. Is it moral for rich countries to use such a high proportion of the world's resources or for investment bankers to earn large bonuses?
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Solar power is clean, renewable and cost effective, but it also needs time to develop.
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Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
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When I was a kid, of course I wanted to be the fastest, the loudest and the one with the biggest drum set, but obviously my aspirations have changed a bit since then.
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Every new development, highway, railroad, steamship line, building operation, whether it be a drainage project in old Greece or a new water system in Peru, means an added use of the automobile.
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A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace.
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Stuart Murdoch is a really special human being - really creative, but also really kind and gentle.
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If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.
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A lot of my male vocal influences are British - people like David Bowie, Freddie Mercury and Robert Plant.
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Lyrics have become so dumbed down nowadays. People don't want to have to think about lyrics anymore, they just want to be told something. Until these great things started happening with us, I'd really given up on reaching people like that.
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The appeal of the Golden Age heroes for me is their simplicity, even their naivety - they represent the fundamental building blocks of the whole superhero genre, whether it's a 'super' man able to lift cars, or a vigilante who terrorises criminals at night like Batman.
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A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.
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I still get the jitters every time I start a new job! I love it - makes you feel alive.
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More and more, I think about the role of the arts, and as an artist, I think that it's important that I share the love and peace.
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As soon as you choose to fight with violence you're choosing to fight against your opponents best weapons and you have to be smarter than that.
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The class which has the power to rob upon a large scale has also the power to control the government and legalize their robbery.
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Energy, energy? Energy is, is, it's nothing more than a lot of new age hokum masquerading as religion.
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I hate getting yelled at, that'll get you on my bad side. My mom never yelled at me. She just told us what needed to be done and we did it.
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I am no theologian. I am a layman. I am among those who are preached to, and who listen. It is not for me to preach. I should not willingly forego being a listener, a man who reads the Gospels and then listens to what others say that our Lord meant. But sometimes a listener speaks out, and listens to his own voice.
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She was hiding in the best possible way, masquerading as herself!
