Nile Rodgers Quotes
I grew as close to Madonna as I've ever been to a woman without being romantically involved.
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Cottonmouth is the result of having to react to his circumstances. He had to, in some ways, take control of the situation and own his circumstances. But as a result of that, he became a person he didn't intend to become.
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When you're babysitting a kid, all you're seeing is a version of them, a small dosage.
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You must avoid giving hostages to fortune, like getting an expensive wife, an expensive house, and a style of living that never lets you aford the time to take the chance to write what you wish.
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I was into punk rock back when I was in high school. I used to go around to dive venues and take photographs. But now it's been just much more about the country stuff and soulful folk.
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I try to get in some extra carbohydrates and protein the night before and during my pre-match meal. I also eat about 200 calories right after to help rebuild my muscles.
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'LazyTown' is basically about motivation. So what do I call motivation? I call it 'go.' The show is going to inspire kids to go. Go fishing. Go dancing. Go live.
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I was out on the golf course, a guy came riding out in a golf cart and said, Did you know that Elvis died? And I just said, Well, there you go. It was like I had kinda been expecting it.
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The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all.
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The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat.
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Move fast. Speed is one of your main advantages over large competitors.
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The joke is mightier than the sword.
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It is not the money but the self-respect and wanting to create good music.
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We can fight over what the taxation levels should be, but the tax system should be very, very simple and not distortionary.
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The future of any corporation is as good as the value system of the leaders and followers in the organization.
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I remember working with Rod, though, on Chrysler Hour. I was too young and dumb to know that I was supposed to be scared of anybody or anything - like getting fired or anything like that.
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The Middle East has the highest unemployment percentage of any region in the world we have the largest youth cohort of history coming into the market place that frustration does translate into the political sphere when people are hungry and without jobs.
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I really loved the 'Sopranos' but didn't have HBO. So someone would send me tapes of the show with three or four episodes. I would watch one episode and go: 'Oh my God, I've got to watch one more.' I'd watch the whole tape and champ at the bit for the next one.
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Once you accept that we're all imperfect, it's the most liberating thing in the world. Then you can go around making mistakes and saying the wrong thing and tripping over on the street and all that and not feel worried.
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Where I grew up, acting wasn't really accessible. I was just playing sports. But, I did watch a lot of TV. I watched a lot of Clint Eastwood movies on TV and had this fantasy of being like him when I grew up.
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Let all listen, and be willing to listen to the doctrines professed by others.
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Here is God's purpose - for God, to me, it seems, is a verb not a noun, proper or improper.
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There's only one way to succeed: Show up, work hard, and do everything right. Regardless of who you might be or what kind of job you may have.
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My process is very disempowering to the director anyway, so it's essential that you be respectful. Once we've sort of found the scene, I have to get out of there, because you don't want to split the actor's idea of who's in charge.
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I grew as close to Madonna as I've ever been to a woman without being romantically involved.
