Nile Rodgers Quotes
With Sumthin Else Music Works, I wanted to spread the love and give newcomers a chance to make it because something that really helped me were all the people who had given me an opportunity when I was putting my career together.
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We continue to be bullish on China.
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Trump wants to build a wall at the border of Mexico, while Clinton wants to tear down all walls.
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It's a cliche, but there really is no handbook about the celebrity thing; you have to figure it out as you go along.
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What makes me happy is having a really nice day out with my mum, or getting better at something I've been working hard at.
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Individuals should think about the worst-case scenarios and plan for them. The world will be crazier than you think it will be. Put money away, and then you can live with much more freedom.
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The kids from the streets don't want preaching or messages. They want what they can identify with. They want to hear about the reality of their situation, not fairy tales. They don't care if it's ugly; they just want reality.
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I think what has helped me is that I've never thought of myself as a child star. If you think of yourself like that, you might have problems!
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I try to basically keep my opinions to myself when it comes to people who are charged with crimes that I don't know anything about.
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Making music is fantastic.
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The more research you do, the more at ease you are in the world you're writing about. It doesn't encumber you, it makes you free.
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I put the movie days totally behind me... It was a part of my past that I really kind of put in a little drawer and shut the door.
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Trent likes to record guitars direct, whereas I've always preferred playing through an amplifier.
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I can sometimes feel like I'm an aggressive man inside. I'm not going to show that on social media.
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I love being in a courtroom.
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The rules are all in a sixty-four-page pamphlet by Aristotle called 'Poetics.' It was written almost three thousand years ago, but I promise you, if something is wrong with what you're writing, you've probably broken one of Aristotle's rules.
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Infosys is an absolute meritocracy. Even in a meritocracy, other things being equal, you have to give opportunity to the more experienced candidate.
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Today, I marvel at the vegan foods in the supermarket, at the cruelty-free clothing choices in stores, and at the fantastic alternatives to dissection in schools, the modern ways to test medicines without killing rabbits and beagles, the many forms of entertainment involving purely human performers.
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In brief, Western democracy, as other political models, is not exportable to all regions of the world.
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Young children need to develop good habits that will be useful to them the rest of their lives. It is important to keep the lessons age-appropriate. For example, when your children start earning allowances, that would be a good time to teach them how to put some money in the bank instead of spending it all.
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Nobody can deny but religion is a comfort to the distressed, a cordial to the sick, and sometimes a restraint on the wicked; therefore whoever would argue or laugh it out of the world without giving some equivalent for it ought to be treated as a common enemy.
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I've just had some of the worst situations with the most beautiful girls who I just could not stand talking to anymore. The physical only lasts for so long.
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We want people to continue learning new things about what space does to the human body. It's important for us to understand that and make sure when we get ready to fly to Mars that we are ready for what we're going to be exposed to.
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I can walk down the street all day and people look at me, but they don't talk to me or stop me.
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With Sumthin Else Music Works, I wanted to spread the love and give newcomers a chance to make it because something that really helped me were all the people who had given me an opportunity when I was putting my career together.
