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.
Quotes to Explore
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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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It was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even know I was doing it.
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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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They hate whom they fear.
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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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We are a nation that does not build walls. We do not believe in building walls. And that defines who we are. We are South Africans, and we do not subscribe to the building of walls.
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Script comes first, then the actors, then you gotta be lucky enough to get the right time slot. Then people have to watch.
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Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do. But it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.
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I just would never go audition, and yet I was in very visible places where people would come looking for actors. I say I'm lazy, though I'm sure if I were in therapy for a lot of years, it would turn out to be a lot more than laziness. After awhile, it was, like, too embarrassing for me not to go on auditions. I had to be humiliated into it.
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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.
