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 'Girls in our family are not allowed to act' is quite an outdated thought to have.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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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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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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We need some honesty and sincerity instead of corrupt government in Washington.
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I had gone through game, after game, after game, first being a professor at Harvard, then being a psychedelic spokesman, and still people were constantly looking into my eyes, like 'Do you know?' Just that subtle little look, and I was constantly looking into their eyes 'Do you know?'
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Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity.
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I'm not sure I'm the only savant with high IQ or with an above average IQ. Again, it may just be that we don't know very many of the others.
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I had a real yearning to make use of the opportunities I had at school. When I heard about the gap year of teaching English at a Tibetan monastery, I knew I had to do something about it really quickly, otherwise it was going to get allocated.
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Any man more right than his neighbors constitutes a majority of one.
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Greatness is helping others realize they are great, beautiful and capable. Genius is seeing the wonder and possibility in those others ignore.
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I've only ever been recognised in the street once. In Sweden, strangely.
