Nile Rodgers Quotes
There's been this strange irony to my whole life. All my original bandmates have died, when I was the most wild and most reckless of us all. But I'm still here.
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I try to live my life in a holistic way, show that all of it intersects because I'm coming from the same place. Now, at the core of it, I'm just trying to connect and be there, so I'm trying to be there for my family, my wife, my kids, my friends.
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Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it.
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It may be that apartheid brings such stupendous economic advantages to countries that they would sooner have apartheid than permit its destruction.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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And for the few that only lend their ear, That few is all the world.
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What makes me really happy is a walk in the English countryside. A nice sunset, that British countryside - it means I'm home.
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A zeal for the defence of their country led these heroes to the scene of action, though with a few men to attack a powerful army of experienced warriors.
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Are you really sure that a floor can't also be a ceiling?
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I think the only time I show my emotions and anger is on the cricket field; otherwise, I've mellowed down. And with age, I think, with age you always end up mellowing down.
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To be seen and to be respected for my work and acknowledged as a true American Latina... means a lot to me.
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It is better that one's customers come to one's shop than to have to look for them abroad.
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I just love a challenge, and always have, and will do anything to make it interesting. I'll try anything, really, as long as it's a challenge and you can have some fun doing it.
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Publishing for me is a business, not an ideology.
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In Spain, the dead are more alive than the dead of any other country in the world.
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I don't get sick of 'MMMBop' in any way shape or form, and I don't know why I would.
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I really feel that New York City is the greatest city in the world.
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We fail to see that we can control our destiny; make ourselves do whatever is possible; make ourselves become whatever we long to be.
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When I was just starting out, I had two choices: I could be the beautiful girl on the main man's arm as decoration, or I would have to do a little independent movie to get any depth in the female character.
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I met Barack Obama, I read his book, I like him a great deal. I disagree with him on very fundamental issues.
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Be very strong... be very methodical in your life if you want to be a champion.
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I try and make it possible for beginners to start training MMA and not be scared of it as a sport. I try to actually give them the skill set that is necessary - to feel comfortable, maybe not on a big level. And not just Russia, but worldwide.
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Blank paper always symbolizes the anxiety of the painter.
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When you get called the n-word, as a black person you can do anything. It's like getting a gold star in Super Mario Brothers and junk. I hear the music when I hear the n-word. I get right into it; I get really into it. You can do anything. You could be in a fancy restaurant - just start throwing poop at the walls. People be like, 'What are you doing?' 'Someone called him the n-word.
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There's been this strange irony to my whole life. All my original bandmates have died, when I was the most wild and most reckless of us all. But I'm still here.
