David Nail Quotes

I really like singing, but coming from a small town like where I grew up, how do you start that journey?

David Nail

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• You take the best of our tradition as a start, and I'll take the best of Christianity ... From there we can build.

  

  Feisal Abdul Rauf
  • Best
  • Start
  • Tradition

• When I was about four, people used to walk up to my mom and say I should be in commercials.

  

  Zachary Gordon
  • People
  • Up
  • Mom

• I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.

  

  Kanye West
  • People
  • Music
  • Important

• Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.

  

  Natalie Clifford Barney
  • Mediocrity
  • Heroism

• Control of a company does not carry with it the ability to control the price of its stock.

  

  J. Paul Getty
  • Control
  • Company
  • Stock

• It would be a foolish high representative who worked that way.

  

  Paddy Ashdown
  • High
  • Way
  • Foolish

• I remember being a teenager and seeing Seymour Cassel across a crowded room and being incredibly star struck, and not having the courage to say, 'Hello.'

  

  Ira Sachs
  • Remember
  • Star
  • Courage

• Most people learn to improvise on their own, listening to records, endless hours of noodling on their instrument in the bedroom with all their spare time. That's traditionally how people learn.

  

  Gary Burton
  • People
  • Time
  • Listening

• I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.

  

  Vera Wang
  • Music
  • Always
  • Dresses

• I think that when I was child, acting was mostly just a hobby for me. It was something that my parents encouraged me to think of the way that my brothers thought of their cross-country classes, or my little sister to dance classes and art classes, and it was something like that for me.

  

  Mara Wilson
  • Country
  • Art
  • Parents

• It is no surprise that companies do not often respond to moral pressure alone. We need to hit them hard in their pocketbook and on their balance sheet. We need to show them that their stock prices will be affected if their actions encourage Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions.

  

  Ted Deutch
  • Alone
  • Moral
  • Balance

• He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher.

  

  Walt Whitman
  • Style
  • Teacher
  • Destroy

• Fighting bitterness can be a full-time job.

  

  Ira Sachs
  • Time
  • Job
  • Fighting

• People will see me at Chelsea the way I am and judge me the way they want to.

  

  Eden Hazard
  • Judge
  • Chelsea

• I've had my share of struggle. I believe, never take success to your head or failure to your heart.

  

  Randeep Hooda
  • Believe
  • Heart
  • Success

• The real 1960s began on the afternoon of November 22, 1963. It came to seem that Kennedy's murder opened some malign trap door in American culture, and the wild bats flapped out.

  

  Lance Morrow
  • Real
  • American
  • History

• I played soccer when I was a kid. I started when I was 8 and played for 8 more years. I was pretty good. I used to train with Atletico Nacional, which is one of the most important teams in Colombia. I used to train every day.

  

  Maluma
  • Good
  • Important
  • Pretty

• Good planning is important. I've also regarded a sense of humor as one of the most important things on a big expedition. When you're in a difficult or dangerous situation, or when you're depressed about the chances of success, someone who can make you laugh eases the tension.

  

  Edmund Hillary
  • Good
  • Important
  • Success

• I was changing a light bulb over Groucho Marx's bed, so I took my shoes off, got on his bed and changed the bulb. When I got off the bed he said: 'That's the best acting you've ever done.'

  

  Elliott Gould
  • Done
  • Light
  • Shoes

• I have never seen so many celebrities and their pets in one place, giving such support to the cause of protecting animal rights. Protecting their rights should always be our first priority.

  

  Linda Blair
  • Giving
  • Support
  • Animal

• Since it's based on my parents, it's more emotionally close to me than some of my more surreal plays. And then I like the balance of the comic and the sad. It should play as funny, but you should care about the characters and feel sad for them.

  

  Christopher Durang
  • Parents
  • Funny
  • Balance

• Teenage years, having gone through it all, I know it's a rough, rough time, and I would say to accept that message of letting go, letting it happen and accepting that things don't always happen for a reason, or you may not understand the reason, but it's all part of the journey, and try to enjoy the ride.

  

  Austin Stowell
  • Time
  • May
  • Journey

• It's like if every single male artist dressed up as farmers. In every video they were on a farm. Whether it was Jason Derulo or Oasis, they're always on a tractor, they're always surrounded by sheep and always in boots. And all the songs are about enjoying farming, and this is all you've had for 10 years - you'd think you were going mad.

  

  Caitlin Moran
  • Up
  • Thinking
  • Song

• I really like singing, but coming from a small town like where I grew up, how do you start that journey?

  

  David Nail
  • Up
  • Small
  • Singing