Nick Harkaway Quotes
Law is error, you see. It's an attempt to write down a lot of things everyone ought to know anyway.
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Claiming to 'fight for small business' is often used as a political tool in Washington D.C., but it is actually the policies behind that battle cry that small firms care about.
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It's very easy to have slogans and rhetoric that people will follow, but eventually the slogans fall away.
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For any couple, once you delve into the idea of non-monogamy, you're entering pretty frightening territory.
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Compared to a lot of artists, I'm usually quite covered up in videos and photo shoots.
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YouTube, as longer form, the content you make there has to keep you entertained for three minutes - or five minutes.
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Ideas? My head is full of them, one after the other, but they serve no purpose there. They must be put down on paper, one after the other.
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The symbolic value of having an African-American president has certainly eased some racial tensions in America, but they're not gone.
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There comes a time in the affairs of man when he must take the bull by the tail and face the situation.
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The important thing is to be there, score when needed. It's better if the goals are beautiful, better still if they are important.
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Being outside is a loose theme on 'Paracosm.' Acoustic-sounding instruments have that warmth to them that is really important to communicate. It was really important for me to tell a story – my favorite records have a narrative feel.
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The native Jewish families in Jerusalem, as well as those in other parts of Palestine, present a marked difference to the Jews of Europe and America. They possess the same physical characteristics - the dark, oblong eye, the prominent nose, the strongly-marked cheek and jaw - but in the latter, these traits have become harsh and coarse.
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I like to make people think a little bit.
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Don't ever try and be like anybody else and don't be afraid to take risks.
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Earlier, my priority was only work. I worked like a dog before I got married. After marriage, once you have a baby, time management is difficult. Your responsibilities change, your priorities change. And you have to concentrate on them if you have to work out your life. Your career is just a part of your life. For me, my family is my life.
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It doesn't get any more underground, conscious or indie than Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, but because they got a couple of really big pop hits, actually some of the biggest pop hits that hip-hop has ever seen, people are missing that part of their story. People are not counting that blessing.
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I don't realize how rare it is to genuinely have sincere love for everyone you work with. Especially in Hollywood, but even in life.
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In 13 years of doing my day job, I've learned a few things about motivating people. It's about setting a vision and, as long as everyone knows why they're doing what they're doing, you achieve that vision.
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Jihad is obligatory for the Muslims.
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Before 'Music and Lyrics,' I was just doing high school plays and singing in my church choir and my school choir.
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If I were President, I would spend the money that is spent on wars every 20 years and spend it on giving people work. Let them build roads, bridges, buildings, schools.
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When I first started, I didn't really know how to structure a play.
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We all know we should eat right and we should exercise, but reading is treated as if it's this wonderful adjunct.
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A man who goes forth to take the life of another whom he does not know must believe one thing only - that by his act he will change the course of history.
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Law is error, you see. It's an attempt to write down a lot of things everyone ought to know anyway.
