Nile Rodgers Quotes
I called all adults by their first names, and my mum was just another adult. I was the firstborn of my generation in the family, but because I was so close to my parents in age, they treated me with a kind of adult respect. They talked to me as an equal.
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Everything's a risk, by the way, these days. Every film you make is a risk. There's no guarantee.
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Americans want to believe that we are a nation of laws, and no one is above them, including the president. Mr. Trump's and his associates' actions during his campaign and during his brief time in office are extremely troubling.
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The expression a woman wears on her face is far more important than the clothes she wears on her back.
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Paranoia is an illness I contracted in institutions. It is not the reason for my sentences to reform school and prison. It is the effect, not the cause.
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I believe journalism or news will migrate to the online medium.
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If you put people up on pedestals, there's only one way for them to go, and that is down.
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'Fairness' can be an important quality for legislators to consider when they are passing public policies. But it is a subjective standard. And it has no place among judges on a court - whose duty is to dispassionately judge a law's constitutionality.
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I never lose confidence. As soon as you lose confidence, you're done.
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I've been working with the land for most of my life; walking it and photographing it. And I love it to bits.
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I am not that thrilled about the way our records sound anyway. Don't get me wrong, I work hard on them and I want them to sound fantastic but I'm happy to have another interpretation of them anyway.
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I have this assemblage of small facts, which looks like intelligence but no real depth of knowledge about anything. That's why I'm an actor.
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I thought it was quite vain to say, I want to be a model.
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I love what I do, so it's not tiring. If I worked at a computer or drove a truck, I'd be dead in a week.
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He who indulges in falsehood will find the paths of paradise shut to him.
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The fact is, it's hard to release movies.
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I feel like a lot of comedians do have that deep, dark thing. I have my stuff, but I don't go to that dark place. Things are just way too good.
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You know, every family and every business in California knows what it means to go through tough times.
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What we need is an electronic encyclopedia of life, with one page for each species. On each page is given everything known about that species.
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I work from opposites to opposites, in a way. It's finding one thing and then doing the other from film to film. So maybe after 'I Saw the Devil,' I might do something like 'I Saw the Angel' or perhaps something warm and happy.
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Looks like the whole music touring industry is on hold for a little while. I’m trying to stay positive and enjoy the time off with my family and do a lot of writing. So far we’re all fine and I’ll keep you updated on…
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I try to figure out how much of the character I can find in myself because you don't want to get outside of your skill-set.
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Be your own hero, it's cheaper than a movie ticket.
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The first years in Parliament I did nothing - nothing to any purpose. My own distinction was my darling object.
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I called all adults by their first names, and my mum was just another adult. I was the firstborn of my generation in the family, but because I was so close to my parents in age, they treated me with a kind of adult respect. They talked to me as an equal.
