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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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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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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If I were governor, and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.
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How can I impress strangers with the gem-like flame of my literary passion if it's a digital slate I'm carrying around, trying not to get it all thumbprinty?
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Death's not one of those things that frighten the life out of me. Getting up on stage with the curtain going up frightens me more.
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Vous savez, c'est la vie qui a raison, l'architecte qui a tort.
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Communism is inequality, but not as property is. Property is exploitation of the weak by the strong. Communism is exploitation of the strong by the weak.
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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.
