Hannu Rajaniemi Quotes
I should have let my other self tell me his plan. Mental note: never interrupt a villain who is monologuing.
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Ray Bradbury published his first story 29 years before I was born. He established himself as an international writer long before I arrived. When my mom was nine months pregnant with me, my father read Bradbury aloud to her as I listened intently, in utero. And I later became his biographer.
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Everything, at first, is an idea, a special creation.
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Once the herd starts moving in one direction, it's very hard to turn it, even slightly.
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When I started doing standup when I was 17, I was talking about being Indian and specifically ethnic jokes. Straightforward stuff that was fairly ignorant that I knew would get the laugh. It wasn't flipping stereotypes; it was using them.
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Sir, I may not have been always a Christian, but I am very sure that I have been a gentleman.
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We are not loved because we are valued; we are valued because we are loved.
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I hadn’t touched the drums in over fifteen years, and hadn’t been on stage in twenty. During our brief rehearsals, I’d been trying much too hard; trying to be too clever. But in the actual moment, the magic asserted itself with an authority that took my breath away.
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If poetry and the arts do anything, they can fortify your inner life, your inwardness.
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I must confess it was very unexpected and I am very startled at my metamorphosis into a chemist.
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I'd end all of the wars. I'd bring all of the troops home and make sure that they're taken care of for life - for what they did protecting our country.
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I buy books, I have shelves of books. I love to read.
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I travelled among unknown men, In lands beyond the sea; Nor England! did I know till then What love I bore to thee.
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On my tombstone, I want written: 'He never did 'Love Boat!'
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In fact, I think new media is going to make a big difference with injecting more people of color into Hollywood and non-Hollywood.
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I should have let my other self tell me his plan. Mental note: never interrupt a villain who is monologuing.
