B. J. Novak Quotes

I think it's better to not know certain things. It gives the world an extra bit of mystery, which is important to us as human beings.

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• I began going to juvenile prisons. And some of these kids face some very, very tough lives. How do they handle these lives? Do they even know that if their life is bad, that they're still OK? Do they know that? Do they know that someone is thinking the same way that they're thinking?

  

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• One of the things that's really, really present in 'Between the World and Me' is, I am in some ways outside of the African-American tradition.

  

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• Music, first of all, is completely about abstraction, which is exactly what architecture is not. In a way, it has been incredibly constructive to know what true abstraction is. So you don't fall into the trap of thinking that what you do is abstract.

  

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• I would like to spend Christmas in different countries all over the world. I love seeing how different cultures celebrate the holidays in their own unique ways.

  

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• Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world.

  

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• Travelling is really great for giving you tons of ideas, but it's really hard to actually record anything on the road.

  

  Washed Out
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• There's a kind of optimism specifically within Christianity about the world - about whose side God is on. Well, I didn't have any of that in my background. I had physicality and chaos.

  

  Ta-Nehisi Coates
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• I'm really proud of 'Oceans 12.' Of course, you do an 'Oceans' movie, you get known all over the world. It's an incredibly powerful medium: It's a Hollywood-identified blockbuster.

  

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• We humans lack imagination, to the point of not even knowing what tomorrow's important things will look like.

  

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• Yes, I believe the will is very important. It's how I have succeeded in life.

  

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• Everybody that's employed by 'WWE' - the biggest wrestling company in the world - should be good wrestlers able to tell good stories.

  

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• Young women and men who joined the far-left groups did so for the best of reasons. They wanted to change the world. Many fought against the stifling atmosphere in many groups.

  

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• In spite of what some people claim, we are not in a post-racial era. I think it's still an important issue to bring up.

  

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• There is nothing more important in life than love.

  

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• Much of the traditional thinking about cash is well intentioned but unrealistic. Should you have six months of living expenses in the bank for emergencies? Sure. Do you? Probably not.

  

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• Barack Obama has talked a lot about changing the way America relates to the world, and few areas are as ripe for reform as our policies on foreign aid.

  

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• Personally, I don't even read bummer news stories about the environment because it makes me feel helpless to fix anything and reminds me that the general population doesn't treat these issues as an important part of our political life.

  

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• When one of my characters becomes aware of a magical element, it might be because the world is wider than we assume it to be, but it might also be a reminder to pay attention to what is here already, hidden only because it's been forgotten.

  

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• Public education is so important - resisting privatization and charterization, high-stakes testing, and defunding. It's important for New York, but it's also important for the country.

  

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• If you start to hesitate with your game, if you start to not go completely with your plan, then it's tough to play your best tennis.

  

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• Actors are responsible to the people we play.

  

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• I think it's better to not know certain things. It gives the world an extra bit of mystery, which is important to us as human beings.

  

  B. J. Novak
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