Nicky Oppenheimer Quotes
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I had no idea that being your authentic self could make me as rich as I've become. If I had, I'd have done it a lot earlier.
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I knew that in Hollywood they tend to pigeonhole talent, and when you experience a little success in one genre, their instinct is to keep you in that box.
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I am a bit of a lefty on some issues.
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I think what's going to happen with linear television is it's going to become more linear. It's going to become more about events and more about award shows, live sports - all those things that, really, you can't replicate.
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Whether you're a Democrat or Republican, I want everyone to know that I'm here. We'll talk; we'll visit.
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'The Week' is my favourite magazine. Everyone from presidents to CEOs of companies love it, politicians, people in the massive charity business in America, in the arts and even more especially in the media.
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Every good man progressively becomes God. To become God, to be man, and to educate oneself, are expressions that are synonymous.
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The right of the judge to inflict punishment gives him both power and opportunity to oppress the innocent; yet none but crazy men will from thence determine that it is best to have neither a legislature nor judges.
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Many days I don't write any code at all, and some days I spend all day writing code.
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What's interesting is the show allows for the awkward pauses to be captured, which makes it stylistically unique, especially for American audiences.
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I enjoy looking beyond the obvious and look at the stories happening all around me – you kind of formulate things in your mind and get excited about them.
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Is it the fault of wine if a fool drinks it and goes stumbling into darkness?
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I do have a very conscious desire not to be academic. I'm antiacademic. I hate jargon. I hate that sort of pretension. I am a person who [commits] breaches of decorum - not in private life, but in my work. They are part of my mode of operation. That kind of playfulness is part of my nature in general. The paradox that, in a way, to take something very seriously, you can't always be serious about it.
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Sexism and racism and homophobia and classism are so naturalized. All these stereotypes make people think it's just normal that straight white men are getting all the breaks.
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Go on your path, even if you live for a day.
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Do ye not comprehend that we are worms born to bring forth the angelic butterfly that flieth unto judgment without screen?
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I've never been against women. That anti-feminist rap is bogus. I think men should be nice to women, buy them diamonds.
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I miss driving to Goodison Park. I miss just the positive energy of the fans walking into the stadium and how much they care about that club and the team. And I miss the players a lot.
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Anybody can die, everything is fleeting, and you've just got to make sure that you catch up on what you can catch up on.
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Remember that you must never sell your soul. Never accept payment in advance.... Never give a work to the printer before it is finished. This is the worst thing you can do.... It constitutes the murder of your own ideas.
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Did you ever want something so deeply you were scared to let yourself have it? Like a desire so great you know you will never forgive yourself if you fail. So you hang back. And then you wake up one day and you realize if you don't do it now, it will move out of reach forever.
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We're seeing diamonds coming back into favor.
