Nicolas Massu Quotes
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My dad's one of the funniest men in the world. I grew up with him making me laugh so much I'd beg him to stop.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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The shelf life of the average trade book is somewhere between milk and yogurt.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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Take heed, then, often to come together to give thanks to God, and show forth His praise. For when you assemble frequently in the same place, the powers of Satan are destroyed, and the destruction at which he aims is prevented by the unity of your faith.
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To my mind, it is the duty of the younger Negro artist, if he accepts any duties at all from outsiders, to change through the force of his art that old whispering 'I want to be white,' hidden in the aspirations of his people, to 'Why should I want to be white? I am a Negro - and beautiful!'
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I'm a sponge when it comes to stories. I'd say everything influences me in some way, but for 'Red Queen' in particular, I was really affected by the 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series by George R. R. Martin.
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I've got two small kids. I want to make sure they grow up to be good people. Do they treat people well? Are they kind?
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Sometimes, great collaboration is hard to nurture online, so doing so offline is the way to go.
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I'm never in the same place for more than, like, three days at a time. Things can change from one minute to the next.
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Americans are xenophobic, they will believe their own people rather than the adversary, even a friendly enemy voice.
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You can no longer just have a magazine that shows you this glossy impervious image of women - in the studio, artificial, wearing a push-up bra.
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Just listen to all this sweet, sweet music. I'm working the music.
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Good humor isn't a trait of character, it is an art which requires practice.
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Our culture already has a number of well known stories about artificial life and non-human intelligence. In 'Exegesis,' I've tried to not only tell a new and engaging story but also to comment on those well known stories through the details of my novel.
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I don't care about my character here on earth. I don't care about what other people think or say about me, all I care about is my standing before the Lord.
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I just don't want to get in a situation where I'm negotiating my health for money.
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The value of a currency is, ultimately, what someone will give you for it - whether in food, fuel, assets, or labor. And that's always and everywhere a subjective decision.
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The only way to gain power in a world that is moving too fast is to learn to slow down. And the only way to spread one’s influence wide to learn how to go deep. The world we want for ourselves and our children will not emerge from electronic speed but rather from a spiritual stillness that takes root in our souls. Then, and only then, will we create a world that reflects the heart instead of shattering it.
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Once I got to college, it seemed that the Hamptons were a little bit too posh for me and didn't represent the kind of values I was embracing in my late teens. So, I didn't go out there, except to visit my parents, for a long time. And then, after 9/11, I discovered it was a nice, mellow place to hang out.
Colson Whitehead -
Those Islamists and their apologists who argue for 'religious toleration' are arrogantly dishonest.
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The number one priority now is reducing the deficit that they [Labour] left us - the biggest deficit since the Second World War.
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We must take the profit out of prejudice.
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I'd rather be No. 2 in Chile and No. 1 in the world.
