Nick Joaquín Quotes
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If you ask what you are going to do about global warming, the only rational answer is to change the way in which we do transportation, energy production, agriculture and a good deal of manufacturing. The problem originates in human activity in the form of the production of goods.
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There were times when I was so sick of talking about the Bible.
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The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation.
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There is a strong sentiment within the Tea Party that favors a stronger America on the global stage, and with that comes a strong alliance with the State of Israel.
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I'm not a Democrat.
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I started making music with my band in the '80s, so I am more product of post punk than classical music, and I have always carried on this way.
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The whole story of the comfort women, the system of forced sexual slavery, the medical experiments of Unit 731, is not something that is in the US psyche. That is changing because many books are coming out.
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I don't think I'm a workaholic. Every weekend, I invite my colleagues and friends to my home to play cards. And people, my neighbors, are always surprised because I live on the second floor apartment, and there are usually 40 pairs of shoes in front of my gate, and people play cards inside and play chess. We have a lot of fun.
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I was halfway through a rough draft of 'The Sisters Brothers' when it came time to start the 'Terri' adaptation.
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I owe my success to my two families. If my father hadn't been willing to make sacrifices for me, I would have never won the role on 'Everybody Hates Chris'. I like working with my television family, too. We have a lot of love for each other.
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There's a consequence for everything, and that goes back to the Bible for me.
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Mandatory minimum sentencing has disproportionately affected blacks, Hispanics and others who often don't have the financial means to fight back.
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Democracy can only spring from practising it early, and democratic action was not to expected from young people brought up under a close authoritarian system.
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Nothing we do is ever going unnoticed. It's on CCTV cameras, it's on iphones, it's everywhere.
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Even if you have a terminal disease, you don't have to sit down and mope. Enjoy life and challenge the illness that you have.
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When my kids are happy, I am happy.
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I think copyright has its right to exist, absolutely, and I think that it's up to copyright creators to come up with new solutions that deal with the reality of the world we're living in today.
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Writing headlines is a specialty - there are outstanding writers who will tell you they couldn't write a headline to save their lives.
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The Busted thing happened when I was 16. I saw an opportunity, took it and it was better than being at school. It was a fun job but I'd never claim Busted was anything other than a pop band.
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I don’t believe in failure; I believe there are setbacks that are put into our path to teach us something and move us in a different direction.
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Lost in this young world, I'm just trying to navigate See the pie sliced, I'm just trying to grab a plate.
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The romance of English football is fantastic, but it has lost its identity under the influence of other cultures.
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Her neural pattern must remain intact for the time being, as it was still necessary that she stay herself. Changes to her identity would eventually become inevitable, but those would have to wait until she no longer needed the cloak of who she was.
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The identity of the Filipino today is of a person asking what is his identity.
