David Nicholls Quotes
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When I was a kid growing up, I always thought I would be a journalist, and I thought, you know, I'd cover stories about other people, and we're always taught never to make the story about yourself.
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The same parts of my brain get as excited as when I study bio or read a novel and write a paper on it.
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I believe in reincarnation of the soul.
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Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
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Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.
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It's important to me that I look good on television because, let's face it, I'm single, and you want somebody to watch the show and fall in love with you.
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I am passionate about acting. 'Girls in our family are not allowed to act' is quite an outdated thought to have. They did it till my mother, but now no more.
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It's possible to look really cute and still be comfortable. You don't have to kill your feet to have a fashionable look.
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Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.
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Anybody who's been through a divorce will tell you that at one point. they've thought murder. The line between thinking murder and doing murder isn't that major.
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If you're confident, then it helps you live up to your potential, but if you believe because you went to a certain school it means you're entitled to have a particular career, you'll fall flat on your face eventually.
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Human life is far more important than just getting to the top of a mountain.
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Slow down, everyone. You're moving too fast.
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Play as well as you can; that's it, as opposed to creating these odd paranoias, trying to be something you're not.
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So many songwriters peak in their early 20s because they're living off their passions.
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Ask, 'How are we different from the great apes?' We have culture, we have civilisation, and we have language to be celebrated as part of being human.
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Technology is an enabler; you have to be at the cutting edge of technology - there is no choice.
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Now obey thy cherished secret wish,Embrace thy friends-leave all in order;To port and hawser's tie no more returning,Depart upon thy endless cruise, old Sailor!
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I was given five injections. That evening I developed extremely high fever. I was trembling. My arms and my legs were swollen, huge size. Mengele and Dr. Konig and three other doctors came in the next morning. They looked at my fever chart, and Dr. Mengele said, laughingly, 'Too bad, she is so young. She has only two weeks to live ..'
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Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.
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I'm not really trying to be too much of an actor or anything.
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Like most things of great worth, knowledge which is of eternal value comes only through personal prayer and pondering. These, joined with fasting and scripture study, will invite impressions and revelations and the whisperings of the Holy Spirit. This provides us with instruction from on high as we learn precept upon precept.
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I've only ever been recognised in the street once. In Sweden, strangely.
