Nile Rodgers Quotes
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I wouldn't be where I am without Evolve.
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Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.
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I've failed those I care most about and let down the people who elected me to represent them.
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I read people; that's one of my strengths. It's not that I can't be fooled, but I'm not fooled often.
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I don't worry about the things I can't change.
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The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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My mother's nickname for me is 'Positive Patrick.' I like to live up to that title.
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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I am not going to talk about my personal life anymore. You have to learn that lesson sometime.
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I am charismatic with roots of the Pentecostal.
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Gardeners are good at nurturing, and they have a great quality of patience, they're tender. They have to be persistent.
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We have to take care of ourselves if we are going to take care of anyone else properly.
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I have made a public statement about me and Ralph by being seen with him. I don't need to make any other. You can live the way you want.
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I got my Equity card right out of NYU grad school in 2000, doing 'The Great White Hope' at Arena Stage. I played Jack Jefferson. It was an amazing part to walk into, to carry that responsibility for that amount of time. The challenges and the breadth of that role were pretty amazing.
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The Dalai Lama can claim the sanction of the Buddha, who is said to have altered his teachings in order to reach a diverse audience.
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I think it's a bad business decision to exclude anybody from your restaurant - but, at the same time, I do believe in private ownership.
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If you look at the carrying capacity of agricultural areas throughout the world, their ecological habitats are changing. So I think we're looking at - in our lifetime - great collapses of food services.
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Hemingway's minimalism is based on the psychological mechanics of repression. An echo of his approach can be detected in a favorite trope of 1980s minimalists: a pattern of reference to dire secrets and hidden wounds these authors didn't realize they were supposed to have imagined.
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Doing collections, doing fashion is like a non-stop dialogue.
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I worked for a publishing company in Hollywood.
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Since joining the U.S. House of Representatives in November of 2006, I have strongly supported Speaker Nancy Pelosi. I have the utmost respect for her, and I believe the Democrats were able to accomplish a great deal under her leadership.
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In terms of earthly life as you understand it, it is overly optimistic to imagine that eventually all illnesses will be conquered, all relationships be inevitably fulfilling, or to foresee a future in which all people on earth are treated with equality and respect.
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Artists don't come much cooler and well rounded than Lady Gaga. Love and respect.
