Nile Rodgers Quotes
Trust me, the only real way to understand 'Chic' is in highfalutin terms. Our chord progressions were based on European modal melodies. I made those early 'Chic' records to impress my jazz friends.
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A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts.
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NASA should start thinking about this planet.
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E-Verify is a very commonsense reform that we can implement here in the state of Florida. I think I share a lot of Floridians' frustration that it didn't pass and a lot of the politics that were taking place behind the scenes.
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I do want to lose weight for my children. I don't want them to think being fat is okay.
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The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice.
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Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.
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I'm really nearsighted, which has served me well.
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The best way to hold a man is in your arms.
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The greatest thing about being in a band, and the strength of having companionship and collaboration, is also the thing that makes a band break up because then you begin to feel confined. Like, who am I as an individual, as a writer, as a performer?
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Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
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I come from a Christian faith. I am not going to give you insight into my particular beliefs.
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As an actor, I want to build a career as an actor. It's hard to even get a job sometimes, so as my career builds, I can be more picky than I used to be.
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Pain is the most private experience, but its causes, whether natural or man-made, demand public accounting.
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I'm in a sketch comedy group in school and I also do stand-up.
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People should recognize who you are and how you can act rather then how famous you are.
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I'm trying to have some longevity in this business. If that means not working for a while and just picking the right job, so be it.
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The danger in a brood mare band is that your mares become antiquated, and you wake up some day and realize that the average age of your band is 15 or 16 and that in another year they won't be producing offspring. I think the ideal average age for a brood mare band is about 10.
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I have never tried to compare myself to anyone else.
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You are that rarest of creatures: a man with the wisdom to see beyond his own time.
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When Anaxagoras was told of the death of his son, he only said, "I knew he was mortal." So we in all casualties of life should say "I knew my riches were uncertain, that my friend was but a man." Such considerations would soon pacify us, because all our troubles proceed from their being unexpected.
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If you had told me when I was starting out that I would be coming down to Nashville, kind of weaving in and out of the country scene, I never would've thought that in a million years.
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To get away from one's working environment is, in a sense, to get away from one's self; and this is often the chief advantage of travel and change.
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Trust me, the only real way to understand 'Chic' is in highfalutin terms. Our chord progressions were based on European modal melodies. I made those early 'Chic' records to impress my jazz friends.
