Nile Rodgers Quotes
What do great artists do when you see a world around you that's in turmoil? Some of the best artists make you feel good (hah), they look to the future.
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We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.
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I've also learned to no longer feel guilty if I'm invited out and don't want to go. If I start to say to myself, 'What's wrong with you that you're staying in five nights in a row to watch 'Forensic Files' instead of going out with your friends' I remind myself that it's what I need to do for myself at that point.
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I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart where God put it, on the inside.
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Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman.
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We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others.
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The fact that Western Muslims are free means that they can have enormous impact. But it would be wrong to claim that we are imposing our ways on the West. New ideas are now coming from the West. To be traditional is not so much a question of protecting ourselves as to be traditionalist in principle.
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I loved to sing in family parties, for my friends and family. That's how I discovered my talent.
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There are more ways of outraging speech than contradiction merely.
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One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil.
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It seems that for all of the artists signed to a major, there exists the same amount of artists that are struggling to break through to the surface within the label. I think, ideally, we'd end up with a very well connected competent indie team that will be along with us for the ride, however long that ride may be.
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You always know when something works it's a result of everything firing on all cylinders.
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I think New York audiences are some of the brightest in the world, and certainly the most enthusiastic.
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There are a thousand ways to play any role.
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The thought of somebody pulling and cutting around my face gives me stomach ache. Plastic surgery would be so painful. What if it doesn't look good? What if they made a mistake? I couldn't do it.
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Pakistan is riddled with problems that are rooted in the disproportionate power of the state. Aid has only boosted that power.
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'Love Story' is actually about a guy that I almost dated. But when I introduced him to my family and my friends, they all said they didn't like him. All of them!
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I'm interested in philosophical psychology, people like Nietzsche, Freud, Alcan, Foucault, Derrida.
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I love 'Goodfellas' because it's a great movie - it's funny and there is action at perfect points. I just think Martin Scorsese makes everyone look really cool.
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In our loss and fear we craved the acts of religion, the ceremonies that allow us to admit our helplessness, our dependence on the great forces we do not understand.
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The valid research for the future is on the inner side, on the spiritual side.
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It felt good to get out there, move a little and break a couple of tackles and get back to myself to get ready for Week 1.
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Founders need sizable egos to believe that what they are creating is good enough to change the world. What makes for great co-founders is having those egos focused on complementary, not competing, skills.
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What do great artists do when you see a world around you that's in turmoil? Some of the best artists make you feel good (hah), they look to the future.
