Ian Hickson Quotes
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I like the diversity that my children are exposed to every day.
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The whole of our national sport is not doing very well.
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In recording, you're trying to make something work sonically - getting the right inflection on the right guitar sound - and maybe a part that would be musically great doesn't sound as cool.
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I see myself as an artist who happens to do cartoons.
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Obviously, I never want to make the same record twice. I want to keep moving forward. That's the real challenge, I think.
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Running for office was definitely something I've thought about. When I was younger, I wanted to major in political science. And I've been engaged in current events since I was a kid. If I can make a difference and feel passionately and capable, then I would. Why not?
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We have to embrace the good over the bad. That has to be one's personal project.
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I don't wish anybody ill, I really don't. I've got a lot of faults, but I was never jealous or envious or... it's a waste of time.
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I feel like a mirror reflecting back everyone's perception of me.
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There's a difference between a failure and a fiasco... a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions.
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The most important thing to realise is that everyone is capable of telling a story. It doesn't matter where we were born or how we grew up.
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A lot of people have asked me whether I am a cynic or take a cynical view of politics and are often surprised when I say that I consider myself an optimist, but an optimist dressed in the robes of a realist.
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The whole idea that the Constitution of the United States would be used to advance a political agenda is absurd.
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I see my friends, my family, my cousins work all day long for very little money, and if I have this problem of not being able to wall on the streets, it's not a big deal.
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At its core, the United States is grateful, warm-hearted, full of unexpected twists and turns - not a cold and bullying prison - it's a place of infinite jest.
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The great fun for me is these collaborators. I'm nothing by myself. Being with these people, whether it's the 'Homeland' cast or stage collaborators, they make you everything you are. They make you come to work. They make you be alive.
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The eyes of the world are fixed on the U.S. to see if we have the political courage and moral sense to solve our debt crisis.
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Few things are more enjoyable than lingering over the atlas and plotting a trip.
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When I'm on stage, I'm trying to do one thing: bring people joy. Just like church does. People don't go to church to find trouble, they go there to lose it.
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For movies to get greenlit solely based on the success of other movies that have a lot of women in them? It's so ridiculous to me.
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The fact is certain because it is impossible.
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Instead of fostering the kind of dialogue in the boardroom that has in part contributed to our success, the board has inappropriately chosen to silence my concerns through termination as an executive officer.
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Things that are impossible just take longer.
