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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What is the use of money if one cannot use it to make one's friends comfortable?
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We can only use British actors because everybody's got to talk exactly the same.
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If you ever want to see how small you are in the plan of God, just stand at the edge of an ocean.
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Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.
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Fans are all I care about - to be honest. If they stop coming to the shows, then I will get worried.
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The point is not how we use a tool, but how it uses us.
