Nick Cannon (Nicholas Scott Cannon) Quotes
I always try to be optimistic, but not to the point where I'm getting on people's nerves.
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The problem is foster youth don't really have this network that other kids have.
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Humans have 3 percent human error, and a lot of companies can't afford to be wrong 3 percent of the time anymore, so we close that 3 percent gap with some of the technologies. The AI we've developed doesn't make mistakes.
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My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'
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People want you to fail.
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There is no winning or losing, but rather the value is in the experience of imagining yourself as a character in whatever genre you're involved in, whether it's a fantasy game, the Wild West, secret agents or whatever else. You get to sort of vicariously experience those things.
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I think I was a decent actor, but it took a lot of work for me to make a choice on how to read a line.
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I've always been impelled to say the truth. When I was 14, in 1954, I already wrote a gay novel, though I'd never read one. I felt that life handed me a great subject, gay life, that had scarcely been examined, and I was impelled to record it in all its strange detail.
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I love anything quiz related.
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I've never turned into a bee - I've never been chased by a mummy or met a ghost. But many of the ideas in my books are suggested by real life.
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Some people may have their doubts about me. But I feel like there's no shot too hard for me to take.
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The Constitution was made for ordinary people.
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Most people sell their souls, and live with a good conscience on the proceeds.
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I used to look at a pint of Haagen-Dazs and call it a serving size.
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Anybody I grew up with in this area - they're still a mate. Lots of people in the Prahran area gave me my first go. Sold me my trucks on... I don't know, 100 deposit and 100 a month. Without the support of those guys, you'd still sort of be driving a truck.
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I have publicly talked about Mexico's need to open ourselves up to the participation of the private sector in the energy sector, however this doesn't mean privatizing state-run companies.
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It'll be interesting to see if I ever have to play a typical, bland romantic interest. I'm quirky, and playing it kind of straight and bland doesn't interest me a whole lot.
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My main goal is to stay healthy because when you're injured you realise how lucky you are to have your health.
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I do make a really great bolognese, and the key is putting good 'ol wine in there.
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Giving in to your ego is one of the oldest stories in the showbiz book. But so is figuring out how to stay vivid.
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I think studies are really important and shouldn't be compromised.
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My books are often shelved around those of Chinua Achebe and Margaret Atwood, or Chimamanda Adichie and Monica Ali. All of this depends, of course, on the bookstore and how conversant the shelf stocker is with the alphabet.
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Saying what we think gives a wider range of conversation than saying what we know.
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I am always reading immoral books on the sly, and then selfishly trying to prevent other people from having the same wicked good time.
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I always try to be optimistic, but not to the point where I'm getting on people's nerves.
