Nick Joaquín Quotes
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It would be wrong to assume that one must stay with a research programme until it has exhausted all its heuristic power, that one must not introduce a rival programme before everybody agrees that the point of degeneration has probably been reached.
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My pessimism goes to the point of suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.
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At this point, American workers are pretty respectful of the bosses they loathe.
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At some point, you decide to take something you really like and turn it into a business you love.
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I aim to direct as much as I act at some point in time.
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We are all quick to point out all the differences but not as willing to accept what bonds us as humans.
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The defection of Hussein Kamel was a turning point in the U.N.-imposed disarmament of Iraq in the 1990s.
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There isn't much room for an outsider point of view in print any more.
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I love to pitch things that I believe in and products that I love to use.
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What I see now is the consumerisation of IT. I don't want my company to tell me that I have to use a BlackBerry or I have to use a Windows phone. I just want to use the phone I want and have it all work.
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The comics I made from 1990 to 1997 were largely based in vaguely urban, vaguely dystopic settings because that was my reference point for comics storytelling in general.
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A far greater factor than abolishing poverty is the deterrent effect of swift and certain consequences: swift arrest, prompt trial, certain penalty and - at some point - finality of judgment.
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Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.
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If I don't direct a movie at some point, I've failed personally.
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Let students use technologies in the classroom.
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I know my flaws before other people point them out to me.
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There's no point considering something which is very unrealistic.
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But I love New York. I used to set my alarm clock when I was there, and get up at 4am and get a coffee, just because I could.
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Knowledge is something which you can use. Belief is something which uses you.
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At some point I will try balut. I will make sure that I will film it.
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The best thing for the inside of a man, is the outside of a horse.
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I think it's always an issue. Billy definitely is one of those guys who plays hurt consistently and plays well.
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You could ask: Why are people attracted to narratives that justify the terrible things that we're doing to the planet? Why are people attracted to narratives of control and fear and hunting down the terrorists, and this uncaring attitude toward nature? These come from what I call the perceptions of separation and the experience of separation, the experience of alienation, the experience of scarcity and anxiety and competition, and a world in which everybody is out for themselves and nobody cares.
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The point is not how we use a tool, but how it uses us.
