Bob Matsui Quotes
I think a commission set up to examine slavery and the consequences of it, would probably be a very fruitful, important dialogue for the United States to be involved in.
Quotes to Explore
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As long as a film stays unmade, the book is entirely yours, it belongs to the writer. As soon as you make it into a film, suddenly more people see it than have ever read the book.
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A cat is never vulgar.
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I'm trying to sell every audience something; that something is me.
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Rowling is a luminous storyteller. I love her sense of humor and the intricate wizarding world she built around Hogwarts. I think all writers aspire to be like her, to capture readers like she does. But I didn't think about 'Harry Potter' when I wrote 'The Bone Season.'
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Sometimes I sit down to dinner with people and I realize there is a massive military machine surrounding us, trying to kill the people I'm having dinner with.
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I think it would be shocking for me to pretend not to have any past. And also, it would be a lie.
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Disapproval of homosexuality cannot justify invading the houses, hearts and minds of citizens who choose to live their lives differently.
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Even if I had nothing to do with the Canada Council, I'd be praying for it.
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Congress needs to toughen the laws protecting elections and make clear that anyone interfering with democracy will pay a stiff price.
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Without literature my life would be miserable.
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People know me for up – tempo songs because of my hits.
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After all these years, I've done well and I'm cool. I feel comfortable in my skin, I've saved some paper, everybody's healthy, my kids are beautiful and smart, doing different things, it's all good.
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If you imagine your friend is recommending you content on a topic they're an expert on, they can do a really good job of that. They know what you're interested in, they know your personality, they know if you have a scientific type of mind-set or not.
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One of the hardest tasks is to extract continually from one's soul an almost inexhaustible ill will.
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Western films don't do very well in India.
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The young men were born with knives in their brain, a tendency to introversion, self-dissection, anatomizing of motives.
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The Eagle soars in the summit of Heaven, The Hunter with his dogs pursues his circuit.
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Sometimes in politics and even in life you need to take the tough and difficult decisions which you know would be good for you and the country in the medium and long term
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All that matters is what we do for each other.
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If you do something, expect consequences.
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For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.
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The Taliban has not, in my judgment, in any significant way changed their fundamental goal and objective, which is to take over Afghanistan and return to running that country. It doesn't mean that we shouldn't have negotiation talks with them. I think we should. But we've got to be clear-eyed about it.
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The luxuries of civilization satisfy only those wants which they themselves create.
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I think a commission set up to examine slavery and the consequences of it, would probably be a very fruitful, important dialogue for the United States to be involved in.
