Blaine Pardoe Quotes
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The magical and fantastical isn't something I'm uncomfortable with in books, and I chafe slightly at the idea that a purely realist novel somehow has more value.
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A wedding is a funeral where you smell your own flowers.
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In a strange kind of way I know were really popular and probably the biggest band in the country at the moment, but at the same time there is this real cult thing going on.
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The power of the word in Morocco belonged to men and to the authorities. No one asked the point of view of poor people or women.
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I never expected my writing to become as popular as it did.
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I never think of access or good will. I just want a good interview. I want guests to be informative and entertaining. I've never been concerned about someone's liking me tomorrow.
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If you just love movies enough, you can make a good one.
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I grew up with 'Star Trek,' so to get to do anything in it was fun for me.
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But probably my favorite music, believe it or not, is sad music.
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There's no road map. There's no textbook on how grief works and when your heart will be open - or if it ever will.
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Citadel is a global technology leader, recognized for its work to level the playing field for investors and make markets more fair, transparent and efficient. I look forward to leading this exemplary team as we grow this global business.
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I love the idea of the 'vignette,' which is associated with the decorative, illustrative, small, and thus with the feminine, and thus easily maligned. I mean, Emily Dickinson wrote vignettes, right?
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I actually wanted to be a zookeeper when I was 5.
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I went in reverse with this whole thing. People I've toured with were kids who consumed as much hip-hop as they could. I didn't do that until I started rapping.
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A finite world can support only a finite population; therefore, population growth must eventually equal zero.
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This is all very nice, because the ideas that Jack and the Beat generation stood for are needed today more than ever. But I'm not so interested in nostalgia. I'm interested in the future.
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Only ignorance excuses stupidity
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You know how it always is, every new idea, it takes a generation or two until it becomes obvious that there's no real problem. It has not yet become obvious to me that there's no real problem. I cannot define the real problem, therefore I suspect there's no real problem, but I'm not sure there's no real problem.
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Sometimes poetry, it is incomprehensible. But we need incomprehensible stuff! It is very healthy to talk about incomprehensible things! It is very healthy! We need it!
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Right now, I'm thinking in terms of just having a good band, man. Having a good act for the stage. Being a good performer, you know? Connected to that is future recordings, and future tunes, that kind of stuff.
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I did theatre in the U.S. because there, content-wise, it's very light. In India, theatre tends to get preachy.
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We need to consider that only a small amount of the public vote for the mayor of a city. It's because they are disgusted and don't trust the government.
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Before you attempt to set things right, make sure you see things right.
