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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I remember when I was growing up and watching southern people depicted on television, I thought, 'Well, based on what I'm seeing, I guess I'm supposed to be stupid and racist.' It's still, sadly, the easy route for a writer to go.
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I think you could ask 10 English people the same question about class and get a very different answer.
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Living without hate for people is almost impossible.
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We all are just people, and something happens, and we make a decision as a result when something happens, and it could be a poor choice or a good choice or anywhere in between. But we make that decision in the moment, and we live with the consequences.
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Money makes people bold and cosmopolitan; if you are poor, you are naturally conservative. It's not easy to be a bohemian when you have to worry about what is going to happen with you and with your next paycheck.
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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.
