Nicholas Haslam (Nicholas Ponsonby Haslam) Quotes
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The more I go on in this career of making albums, writing songs and playing music, the more I think of each album as a movie. I really wanted to make a film, but making a film is much more expensive than making a record.
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I like computers as a tool. I like them as an instrument. I think they're just pretty.
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I think that everyone should be able to dribble. Everyone should be able to pass. Otherwise, why are you out there?
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I think a British icon is someone who conducts themself with real dignity: someone who is truly talented and modest. These are things that I would aspire to in my career.
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I think the most successful are the most paranoid. The first thing people do when they buy a mansion is they build the biggest wall you could possibly build around it. What happens is, now you become a target. If I go into the hood, I'm at a disadvantage. They could carry guns. I can't. They can hit me in the face. I can't.
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I think that it's hard enough being an adolescent and wanting so much to fit in with your peers, your schoolmates, and to erase any sign of difference, to be part of the group. And being biracial but also being black in a predominately white school marked me as different.
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I think sci-fi films have become rather bleak, and understandably so - I think we've made some big mistakes globally with how we're developing, and we deal with that guilt by creating these very dystopian futures in films.
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I certainly think cameras ought to be in courtrooms.
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If I recall correctly, I think I signed my first contract with Tor in 1983.
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Anyone who has been to India - specifically Rajasthan, the rich and kingly region in the country's northwest - knows that when it comes to adornment, Indians do not think like other people.
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I think I've really exhausted the magical. It was a lot of fun, but I've put it behind me for the time being.
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Wayne and Drake, it takes them so long to do a song. I understand why, because they want it to be perfect. But I think I can do a perfect song in 10 minutes.
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I think I made essential a mistake in staying in movies, because I - but it's a mistake I can't regret, because it's like saying, 'I shouldn't have stayed married to that woman, but I did because I love her.'
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I think of all my movies as home movies! It's just that some are more expensive than others.
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Fifty-seven countries in the world, a third of the United Nations, do not recognize Israel. In a way, I think North Korea has better international relations than Israel.
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There's been a huge history of cisgender success on the back of trans stories, which is something I'm deeply aware of. My take on it, I suppose, was that I do think actors should be able to play anything.
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I think, ultimately, open always wins out. It wins out because you cannot lock data in; you can't lock people in. They will find a way out.
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I try to stay far away from anything creepy and supernatural. I'd rather not think about it.
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I don't think anyone could play me. It would have to be me.
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I think there is a lot of space for people to love who they love, and a lot of space for actors to carve a niche for themselves.
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As a drama student I got into Thirties and Forties suits.
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You just can't help but sort of think that your life and your career are going to go straight up, up, up.
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God's not complicated - He's really not. And He helps people in their everyday life so that they can get better in relationships, in their job situations, in getting through grief.
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I think what I have is straightforwardness, unabashedness rather than charm.
