Nainoa Thompson Quotes
When people come together around common vision, they can accomplish great things. We need the instruments that pull our people together, not apart.
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I don't even own a television. I don't watch network television.
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One Direction is the main thing I'm doing and I'm 100 per cent dedicated to the group.
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Well, I - you know, the scripture says that God works by faith. And you have to have faith. You have to have trust in God so that God can work.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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I have a general sense of mission, and I intuitively know when something is influencing that mission. I think this is what I'm supposed to be doing. Doors keep opening. In the end, it's the best use of my skills. I've finally consented to the idea that I'm an artist.
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The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win.
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Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking.
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I think the key to a great romcom is to not fight against the genre. The trend more recently has been to apologise or be snarky, so it's an anti-romcom. Just lean in and embrace the fact it's a love story, and it's funny, and it's light. It can still be uber-smart and deal with zeitgeist issues.
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Having a couple really great basics makes it easy to dress well every day.
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I'd love to live in Ireland but I'd like to live as me, not what someone thinks I am. People don't understand - I lived there before I was famous.
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Y'all have no idea how many times I say, 'Yes, ma'am.'
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
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I'd rather play a tune on a horn, but I've always felt that I didn't want to train myself. Because when you get a train, you've got to have an engine and a caboose. I think it's better to train the caboose. You train yourself, you strain yourself.
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'Caught' is a novel of forgiveness, and the past and the present - who should be and who shouldn't be forgiven. None of my books are ever just about thrills, or it won't work.
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And I've been walking 'round with memories way too long.
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The music field was the first to break down racial barriers, because in order to play together, you have to love the people you are playing with, and if you have any racial inhibitions, you wouldn't be able to do that.
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First and foremost when you're doing comedy, you gotta be relevant and applicable to the times that you're living in. When you try and just do comedy about who is dating who and lifestyle jokes, it gets tiring after a while. It's hard to be funny in that realm.
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I talk to the universe all the time.
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President Obama was right to ban torture, but the public must understand that this decision carries a potential cost in lost information. That's what makes it a moral choice.
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I give people what they want in the hope that they will begin to want what I want to give them!
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I want to express myself to feel that what I feel is real. My joy, my pain, my anger.
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I don't feel like a romantic lead; I guess I feel more like a character actor.
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He had a very clear vision of what he wanted to do artistically, visually, ... I wanted to be part of that vision. It seemed so beautiful and interesting.
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When people come together around common vision, they can accomplish great things. We need the instruments that pull our people together, not apart.
