John Niven Quotes
I understand that some people like certain things more than others, but by the time you are an adult, you really should be able to sit down and eat pretty much anything.
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Trump wants to build a wall at the border of Mexico, while Clinton wants to tear down all walls.
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If we could all figure out a way to just be true to ourselves and have a good time doing what we're doing, it would be a lot more fun.
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I play Nitin Sawhney's 'Letting Go' repeatedly, nonstop. I find it transformative. I'm so glad iPods were invented so I didn't have to drive everyone around me mad with the repetition.
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That's what I like to do, I like to make songs.
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A love of books has opened so many doors for me. Stories have inspired me and taught me to aspire.
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Dick Durbin's a worthy opponent on any debate. He's very intelligent, quick. Knows his facts and puts them forward well.
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I get really insecure because even though I can speak in musician's terms, I don't know as much as real musicians.
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'EIla Enchanted' began in a marvelous writing course at New York City's The New School.
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I think that characters who are nice all the time and who you sympathize with can get really boring.
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Your focus should be on creating an environment where growth can occur and then letting nature take its course.
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You can't be preachy - kids are allergic to messages.
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I view myself as a male artist.
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I want to be an activist professor.
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If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.
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I'm not saying 'I have cerebral palsy, pay attention to me.' We all have problems, and we have to figure out how to live our best life.
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Especially in technology, we need revolutionary change, not incremental change.
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AIDS is a plague - numerically, statistically and by any definition known to modern public health - though no one in authority has the guts to call it one.
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Poetry seems to sink into us the way prose doesn't. I can still quote verses I learned when I was very young, but I have trouble remembering one line of a novel I just finished reading.
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No one ever comitted suicide while reading a good book, but many have tried while trying to write one.
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'Dad, Dad, I'm getting married.' 'Sh-sh, don't say it. Nothing, nothing. Don't do anything.' So he honestly - 'cause he was taught don't celebrate - they'll take it away from you. And his parents were taught that, and his parents and parents' parents. Because if you did celebrate, and you were visible, it could be very, very dangerous.
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I just have a deadpan sense of humor, I guess.
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A lot of people use the dictionary to find out how to spell words.
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People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.
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I understand that some people like certain things more than others, but by the time you are an adult, you really should be able to sit down and eat pretty much anything.
