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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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'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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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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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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It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.
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Chance explorations on search engines do not 'accidentally' lead users to extremist websites.
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My book 'The Exciting Adventures of Boo' was first published when I was fifteen. It is a children's book with ten different stories. In each story, the main character Boo learns a lesson - one of the ten most important lessons I learned as a kid. I also donated all the money from my books I personally sold to my local ASPCA Animal Shelter.
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When you're No. 1 or No. 300, you still get to play and write the songs.
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I had always sung in my dad's shop. I worked there after school, and I'd be singing along with the top-40 records of the day.
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Accusing somebody of racism is a very effective weapon in Germany. Islamists know this: As soon as you accuse someone of demonizing Islam, then the European side backs down.
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Why can't somebody give us a list of things that everybody thinks and nobody says, and another list of things that everybody says and nobody thinks?
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Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.
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But sometimes even the sky is dangerous. I look up and see your face in the stars.
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My goal is to become Canada's first multicultural prime minister and represent the changing face of Canada.
