Joel Kinnaman Quotes
What we did wrong on 'RoboCop,' we just did something new and didn't really take into account what the fans really loved about the original.
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It's always fun teasing the person. When they ask if I'm gay, I say, 'Oh, I don't know.'
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I just want to stay creative, share my ideas and see where it all leads.
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The craft of writing is all the stuff that you can learn through school; go to workshops and read books. Learn characterization, plot and dialogue and pacing and word choice and point of view. Then there's also the art of it which is sort of the unknown, the inspiration, the stuff that is noncerebral.
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The amazing thing about being a dad is to be able to look at your child and realize that the universe is so much bigger than you.
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As a kid, I liked to write, but I didn't think that was a viable career choice. My dream, actually, was to be a white girl rapper and join Salt-N-Pepa - which obviously was a much more viable career choice.
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The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty.
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My head's never really quiet. The only time I can get it to turn off is if I watch 'CSI' or 'Law & Order,' where I have to follow the crime. If I can't turn my head off during that, I know I've really got a problem.
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I don't go to places where I'm going to get mobbed.
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I don't think any particular painters have inspired me, except in a general sense. It was more a matter of corroboration. The visual arts, from Manet onwards, seemed far more open to change and experiment than the novel, though that's only partly the fault of the writers. There's something about the novel that resists innovation.
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I did one of those 'born again' things and invited Jesus to become the chairman of the board, of my life.
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Let me be absolutely clear. Israel is a strong friend of Israel's. It will be a strong friend of Israel's under a McCain administration. It will be a strong friend of Israel's under an Obama administration. So that policy is not going to change.
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For me, insomnia was something ordinary, and it came and went for ordinary reasons.
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The only thing I have is instinct and intuition and just staying very, very connected to the moments and try to bring in what your gut is telling you.
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You are right, but the weakness does not come from the millions of Muslims in the world. They do not mind being radical, they have no fear to speak out and to protest and to jihad.
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I grew up in Louisiana. We have red beans and rice, and there's a Popeye's on every corner.
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I may cut my coat to follow fashion, sir, but not my conscience.
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It's always wrong to hate, but it's never wrong to love.
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How far you are I just don't know The distance I'm willing to go I pick up a stone that I cast to the sky Hoping for some kind of sign
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Freedom must be gained step by step, slowly. Freedom is a food which must be carefully administered when people are too hungry for it.
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Worry is a state of mind based on fear.
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The process of decolonisation in Nigeria was a very untidy one. The British, when they were leaving finally and knew exactly who they wanted to take over, they wanted pliant government, figures, structures, they wanted to continue indirectly in effect their control over much of their colonial possessions and this was one of the very early causes of conflict.
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I really like intimate venues because it feels like everyone in the audience is in on all our inside jokes. We could say things and people will catch them. That couldn't happen at a festival because nobody would catch it. I also like that in a smaller space people can be talking to each other and listening to the music; they don't have to be watching you the whole time.
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The President is always abused. If he isn't, he isn't doing anything.
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What we did wrong on 'RoboCop,' we just did something new and didn't really take into account what the fans really loved about the original.
