David Nail Quotes
I've never really gotten into the whole labels thing. There were times I would cover a pop song, and people would say 'You sound really country.' I gave up on that whole thing a long time ago.
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I'm, I guess you could say, the Chinese-speaking, banjo-picking girl.
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Jenna's traveled with me; they've both traveled with their dad. This is the only time they've been old enough in all of their dad's campaigns to really be involved in.
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Creating things sometimes is difficult.
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With a poetry book I can send 100 copies out to reviewers and other people, and even do it in advance and get their response. It's difficult with iPad: how do you send it out for free, and how do you even disseminate it before it goes into their store?
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Customers want new things, and the way that they get them isn't written in stone.
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Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.
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The concentration of the ferment iron in living substance is very small, being in the region of 1 g to 10 million g of cellular substance.
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In its worse forms, conservatism is a matter of 'I hate strangers and anything that's different.'
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I have always loathed working out.
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The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated.
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'Vanity' means worthlessness.
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An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason.
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Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.
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Musical theater is one of my passions.
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If you're a psychologist, you can instrumentally change peoples lives for the better. But you can only do that for about 300 people to maybe a thousand people - if you're really prolific and you're working really hard.
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The U.N.'s impartiality allows it to negotiate and operate in some of the toughest places in the world. And time and again, studies have shown that U.N. peacekeeping is far more effective and done with far less money than what any government can do on its own.
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I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it.
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If you do like what you do, you're cooperating and sharing.
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Music is the space between the notes.
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Against the suffering which may come upon one from human relationships the readiest safeguard is voluntary isolation, keeping oneself aloof from other people. The happiness which can be achieved along this path is, as we see, the happiness of quietness. Against the dreaded external world one can only defend oneself by some kind of turning away from it, if one intends to solve the task by oneself.
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I remember I hadn't bought anything for my Mum for Christmas and I actually won an iron, so I was excited that I could take that home for her.
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Patience is a remedy for every sorrow.
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During the course of filming 'Top Chef,' I gain 15 lbs., so I'm used to needing two dress sizes.
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I've never really gotten into the whole labels thing. There were times I would cover a pop song, and people would say 'You sound really country.' I gave up on that whole thing a long time ago.
