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 'Girls in our family are not allowed to act' is quite an outdated thought to have.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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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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For a genre that's about looking to the future, science fiction has sure been looking backwards lately. Nostalgia is what sells best, with readers spending their money on movie tie-in novels and sequels to long-running series.
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Eventually, it came to this place like, "I'd like to direct, but I need to find the story to tell." Man of Tai Chi became the story to tell.
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The foundations and the intent of the Affordable Care Act are laudable. The way it's being implemented is a disaster.
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Think not of yourself as the architect of your career but as the sculptor. Expect to have to do a lot of hard hammering and chiselingand scraping and polishing.
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I've only ever been recognised in the street once. In Sweden, strangely.