Nell Newman Quotes
I did a couple of movies when I was little. You have to be possessed to be an actress, and I was not possessed... It was not my life's passion.
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The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and it shouldn't have happened. It ruined my life and my career. That's the tragedy of this.
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I loved publishing; I loved working in the book industry, but I've been writing pretty much nonstop since I was 19. I realized very early on that I would need a day job, and I wanted one that was in books.
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You will die but the carbon will not; its career does not end with you. It will return to the soil, and there a plant may take it up again in time, sending it once more on a cycle of plant and animal life.
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The last suit that you wear, you don't need any pockets.
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What clients are really interested in is honesty, plus a baseline of competence.
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When you promise something, you must fulfill it.
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When I was 15 years old, I read an article about Ivan Boesky, the well-known takeover trader - turned out years later it was all on inside information! But before that came to light, he was very successful, very flamboyant. And I thought, 'This is what I want to do.' So I'm 15 years old, I decide I'm going to Wall Street.
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Is it not by love alone that we succeed in penetrating to the very essence of being?
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I am sure I am one of 2,000 film directors in the world that Tarantino admires.
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You know something, if you're not acting, you're not an actor - you've gotta work. No way around it.
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The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.
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Another real problem was over putting our helmets on for re-entry, because we all had severe head colds. They couldn't come up there and make us. Houston, you have a problem!
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You should always leave the party 10 minutes before you actually do.
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I think the only time I show my emotions and anger is on the cricket field; otherwise, I've mellowed down. And with age, I think, with age you always end up mellowing down.
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All I ever wanted to do is make music.
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I've been training quite hard.
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I'm a lot more interested in people than I used to be. I used to be most interested in abstract ideas, and people were an afterthought, but that's changed a bit.
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Self-confidence has always been one of my good qualities. I am always very confident. It is in my nature to be confident, to be aggressive. And it applies in my batting as well as wicketkeeping.
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Life is full of ironies and paradoxes.
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I feel like nowadays everyone perceives you the same way. You can't even have a private life away from your family; it's like everything is very hands-on!
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West Indian cricket means so much to people who live here. And when we're not doing well, we all feel it.
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I am in favor of preserving the French habit of kissing the hands of ladies. After all one must start somewhere.
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I'd like to think a baseball picture is somewhere in my future.
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I did a couple of movies when I was little. You have to be possessed to be an actress, and I was not possessed... It was not my life's passion.
