Nicholas Thorburn Quotes
Thankfully, I'm not put in a position where I'm made to feel like I can't live my life.
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My favorite film is probably the finale - 'Deathly Hallows: Part 2'.
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You don't have to get it right the first time.
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Kuwait City is not gorgeous, actually, but it's got a kind of Epcot Center thing going for it. It's not pretty. But it's striking, I'll give it that. It's not as over-the-top as Abu Dhabi or Dubai. But nearly.
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I've got a 12-year-old grandson who, when he was 3 years old, before he could say many other words, could name the different kinds of dinosaurs.
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I play some fighting games, but mostly I just play sports.
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Children in their young teens are just moving into the moment when they are most receptive to philosophy and psychology. You can explore these things in stories and, in doing so, give them power and control.
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I can't say I follow it, but I've watched 'Downton Abbey' a couple of times and loved it.
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I'm only superstitious on the tennis court.
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Be strong to hope, O Heart!Though day is bright,The stars can only shineIn the dark night.Be strong, O Heart of mine,Look towards the light!
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Karaoke bars are devil worship!
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A few years ago, I fell in love with a man before realising he was married.
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Harper Lee's novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird' became iconic almost immediately after appearing in 1960: best-seller status; the Pulitzer Prize the next year; a classic movie soon after, with Gregory Peck in an Academy Award-winning role.
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Francis Bacon is one of my giant inspirations. I just love him to pieces.
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Messi deserves to win this World Cup for all he has done for football.
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Yes, I will put it out there - I will work for anyone for free if they're prepared to make their clothing Fair Trade and organic. It's really hard to get people interested in it.
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Badger hates Society, and invitations, and dinner, and all that sort of thing.
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As a novelist, I have always been interested in how people come to terms with difficult, life-altering events.
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Every record is a gate of a certain kind for me.
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People review my comic books. People review every article I write - 'The Atlantic' even publishes them. A great deal of the critique of 'Between the World and Me' was from a feminist perspective. bell hooks pushed back, among others. Some of that has value. Some of it does not. I try my best to separate the wheat from the chaff.
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No, I never - no one ever - I never learned anything when I was a kid. Honestly, my parents had nothing to tell me - like, no wisdom, nothing.
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Moon is also a naive native girl when she sets out for Carbuncle.
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The bear is what we all wrestle with. Everybody has their bear in life. It's about conquering that bear and letting him go.
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26,000 unreported sexual assaults in the military-only 238 convictions. What did these geniuses expect when they put men & women together?
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Thankfully, I'm not put in a position where I'm made to feel like I can't live my life.
