Naheed Nenshi Quotes
I'm happy that Canadians are having a good debate about infrastructure, and not whether it's important but more how we're going to pay for it.
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When history is erased, people's moral values are also erased.
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When I was a kid, I had an Atari 2600, and I would play Pac Man, Frogger, all that kind of stuff. And I did enjoy going to the arcade.
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I like different statement jewelry, especially around the ears.
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I love the ubiquitous idly-dosa combination. In fact, that was my pet name as a kid! In school, I would bug the canteen boys to get me my daily quota of idly!
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I love the horror genre and the thriller genre, so I've got no problem with playing a psycho.
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I never wanted to be a millionaire. I just wanted to live like one.
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There are few women in America that don't want to lose 5 pounds, but I refuse to let that thought dominate my life. And there are too many other real problems in the world - real obesity problems and real hunger problems - to worry that much about a few pounds that I'd like to lose.
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I can only think of music as something inherent in every human being - a birthright. Music coordinates mind, body and spirit.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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In the tight belly of the dead, Burrow with hungry head, And inlay maggots like a jewel.
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Romney still enjoys the Republicans' traditional advantage among voters who are veterans, but the Obama campaign is confident it can chip away at that.
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I had to jump on the tractor and do my chores. I would have just killed to be in town, to be able to Rollerblade hand-in-hand with somebody I had a crush on. I just wanted to get off the farm, to find my outlet.
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You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win.
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Adultery is the application of democracy to love.
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Everybody loves vampire stories, and if there's one show in particular that's done really well, it just opens the door and the opportunity for more of those kind of stories to get through.
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I've worked at this film festival in Telluride called the Telluride Film Festival. Been there since 2002. I used to make popcorn. I was an usher. Cleaned toilets, everything. Grew up there as a kid.
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My mother was my biggest role model. She taught me to hate waste. We never wasted anything.
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There are people doing yoga in New York, dancing around; that's the power of India. You go to a nightclub somewhere in Spain and there's Amitabh Bachchan on the screen there, dancing around. That's the power of India. That's the power of Indian people.
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My pursuit was more in the music thing, so I never went out pursuing movies. It was more just pursuing my singing career because people came to me for singing more than they did for doing movies.
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My daddy used to say that I was too big to ride and too little to hitch a wagon - no good for a damn thing.
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It's not my job to get really personal in how I express myself. I've met fans, and they've been lovely. But letting my personal life out there, I don't think is a good idea for me. I think the more you do that, the more you can be accused of encouraging that kind of attention.
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It is not important to be better than someone else, but to be better than yesterday.
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I guess the important thing for young writers is to read.
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I'm happy that Canadians are having a good debate about infrastructure, and not whether it's important but more how we're going to pay for it.
