Niki Ashton Quotes
My goal is to become Canada's first multicultural prime minister and represent the changing face of Canada.
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I suppose the place where I live is fairly remote, it would seem remote to some people.
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Philosophers, as things now stand, are all too fond of offering criticism from on high instead of studying and understanding things from within.
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Art is going to make a bigger comeback than ever. That's the upside to things getting challenging.
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Cornwall bears a certain resemblance to Italy: each is like a leg or boot, but Italy stands a-tiptoe to the south, whereas Cornwall is thrust out to the west. But, whereas Italy is kicking Sicily as a football, Cornwall has but the shattered group of the Scilly Isles at its toe.
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Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they're doing and saying in films right now just shouldn't be allowed. There's no dignity anymore and I think that's very important.
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I think people live in the past and tend to look that way, because they drop off when they're happiest and most successful.
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I'd read things, like people criticizing me. But no one likes to read stuff about that, and probably the main thing that was getting to me was me mum's illness.
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But I'm more interested in why people are frightened by Jaws and why Jaws was such a hit than saying Spielberg's my main influence.
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Music is about the performance.
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Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.
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I'm a self-taught guitarist, but I have a classical music background.
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That is the definition of faith - acceptance of that which we imagine to be true, that which we cannot prove.
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I don't want them to read what I'm writing and say, 'I think that's right,' and agree with me. I want them to read something and then walk away and be haunted by it.
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My mom didn't let me play video games growing up, so now I do. Gaming gives me a chance to just let go, blow somebody up and fight somebody from another dimension. It's all escapism.
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Understanding where to be in your own zone really takes some time and development to learn.
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We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.
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On 'Swingtown,' I think that's when I was able to blend the character-slash-leading lady roles, and that's what I'm doing on 'Once Upon a Time' as well. She's a leading lady, but she's also this character.
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Rock n' roll is dying because people became OK with Nickelback being the biggest band in the world.
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There are terrible things going on in the world, but I am not going to force them down everyone's throats.
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It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.
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I think I've identified as an artist since I was a baby - literally a baby. I made a book of drawings and paintings in pre-school. By the time I got to high school, I was completely enamored with art, doing paintings and portraits at lunchtime. I've been creating in some capacity forever.
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The hard thing about death is that nothing ever changes. The hard thing about life is that nothing stays the same.
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If you ask me if I'm okay again, I'm going to smack myself in the face just to punish you.
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My goal is to become Canada's first multicultural prime minister and represent the changing face of Canada.
