Nick Cummins (Nicholas Mark Cummins) Quotes
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I have always been driven; I've always wanted to be published, and I wanted to make that happen, so I worked very hard. 'Perfectionist' would be a word to describe me.
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I get asked this a lot: Why has soccer not succeeded? My answer is, soccer has succeeded. It is already the fastest growing youth participation sport in the U.S. It has already succeeded at the youth level, no question.
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I haven't read a review of one of my films for the best part of 10 years.
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God manifests himself in each historical period according to the understanding of the people of the era.
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There are so many ebbs and flows in life, but when you're raising small children, your family means everything.
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I think feminism's a bit misinterpreted. It was about casting off all gender roles. There's nothing wrong with a man holding a door open for a girl. But we sort of threw away all the rules, so everybody's confused. And dating becomes a sloppy, uncomfortable, unpleasant thing.
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When men reach their sixties and retire, they go to pieces. Women go right on cooking.
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The world's entire scientific and cultural heritage, published over centuries in books and journals, is increasingly being digitized and locked up by a handful of private corporations.
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I'm going to show the difference between the champ and second place.
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Sometimes you have to be okay with what you are to the world, where you are in the world, and make the most of it.
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I'm never interested in writing a kind of neutral, universal novel that could be set anywhere. To me, the novel is a local thing.
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I believe we should work to end all racism in American society and staunchly defend the inherent rights of every person.
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Everyone has a past, and the downside to my life is that the past gets dragged up.
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Here, we have female directors and producers; in fact, one whole channel is run by a woman. Pakistani TV is progressive, and hence, characters that are shown are of today as well.
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I personally believe technology can transform the functioning of the judicial system.
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People who have what they want are fond of telling people who haven't what they want that they really don't want it.
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What I find most exciting about online video is that it's the future.
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The world has not yet reached the point which, in my view, is an essential condition for the survival of our human species: access by all the peoples to the material resources of this planet.
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It's very important to feel foreign. I was born in England, but when I'm being a writer, everyone in England is foreign to me.
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You ever try to beat your dad up? It just don't happen. He's got that old man strength.
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Sometimes with 'The New Yorker,' they have grammar rules that just don't feel right in my mouth.
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When I am finished painting, I paint again for relaxation.
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Players never die - they just try their luck at another table.
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You never say never. There's always a chance to do things in the future.
