Nick Willing Quotes
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I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.
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It should simply be an empirical matter whether the climate is changing or not and whether we're responsible. But the various sides of the debate have now become so tribal that it's no longer a matter of changing our views as more information comes in.
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Looking at the way the game is played, I'm envious of the conditions. We played on some ropey World Cup surfaces. I genuinely never look back and wish I earned the money they do today, but I do think of that element.
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Sometimes you have to be okay with what you are to the world, where you are in the world, and make the most of it.
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As proud and capable as it is, I think the idea that the military can build new countries is a tall order, and it's the sort of thing that we would only expect from a military that we have superresourced and thought of as supercapable.
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You shouldn't be ashamed of your pain. You have the right to have your pain treated.
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Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another.
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Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.
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In 1989, I was on Tiananmen Square with the students, living in their makeshift tents and joining their jubilant singing of the Internationale. In the two decades since, each time that I have gone back, visions from those days seem to return with increasing persistence.
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I've never loved anybody the way I love my children.
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Admitting the force of these contentions, nevertheless, the custom of meeting together in public assembly for the consideration of the most serious, the most exalted topics of human interest is too vitally precious to be lost.
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I believe in music.
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Original thought, original artistic expression is by its very nature questioning, irreverent, iconoclastic.
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The Philippines is a terrible name, coming from Spain. Phillip II was the father of the inquisition, who I believe died of syphilis. It is my great regret that we didn't change the name of our country.
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My father was criticized as a dictator, but that should not overshadow his accomplishments in restructuring the country. He brought Korea out of 5,000 years of poverty. What he left unaccomplished was democratization of the system.
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These will vary in every human being; but knowledge is the same for every mind, and every mind may and ought to be trained to receive it.
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I create with my heart, so life and work inevitably intersect all too often.
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I was never a monist - always a diversitarian.
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Creating a regulatory system that reflects the modern-day realities of financial markets is not as difficult as it may appear.
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I paint abstract expressions.
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You can take the boy out of the Midwest, but you can't take the Midwest out of the boy.
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When you're a kid, 'Star Trek' is a slower burn. It's funny, it's entertaining, but it also has a maturity about it - which is its universal appeal, I think.
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We all have the same problem as human beings. And it's something that we are born with, and we just see it manifest in different ways. And in this situation, it's racial. It's brutality. It's people breaking the law. It's the smoke, but the underlying fire is something that we all have to deal with, and that's our sin.
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Big actors want to work in television because they see it as being new and different.
Nick Willing
