Nellie McKay Quotes
In New York City, when they develop something, they never use the old buildings. It's so wasteful. Why not use what's there?
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Stage and film are just two wildly different animals. Why compare the two?
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Reporters used to ask me the same inane questions year-in and year-out, city-to-city, and it would drive me crazy.
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Almost anything worth doing involves some measure of risk - from learning to ride a bike, moving to a new city, and certainly, starting your own business. The point is that no one has ever started a business or created a new product with a guarantee of success.
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If we can deter the Soviet Union, if we can deter North Korea, why on earth can't we deter Iran?
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Hard work is not why I have been successful as a model.
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I immigrated to the United States in 2001 for college.
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You want to know why there's a Texas Rangers? Well, here's the answer. You know how the six-gun came around? Well, here's the answer. You want to know why Mexicans allowed Americans to settle Texas in the first place? It was fear of Comanches.
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Our teachers are operating just as effective leaders in the business world do. They set a vision that most people think is crazy. They convince the kids why it's important to accomplish the goal. And they are totally relentless.
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There is no reason why any public school district in our state should be on a four-day school week. If anything, we should be extending the school year.
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When you spend a lot of money on one player, you want him to prove himself, but the way football works, one day you can be good, the next you can be bad, and the next after that, you can be very bad. I have come to Manchester City to work very hard and to help my friends make Manchester City great.
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I sat in the green room at Radio City Music Hall for the 2006 NFL Draft. At my table, I was encircled by my parents, brother, agent, former coaches and close friends.
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The reason why I'm a conservative is because conservative policies work and they improve opportunities. They are the avenue for climbing the economic dream.
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Wayne and Drake, it takes them so long to do a song. I understand why, because they want it to be perfect. But I think I can do a perfect song in 10 minutes.
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It'll be interesting to raise kids in New York City. I'm from suburbia, so I don't really have any experience with what it's going to be like here.
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You don't have to be scared of me, because I am loyal. Why are people so scared of creative ideas and so scared of truth? All I want to do is do good.
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When your maturity is derived from circumstantial factors other than faith, your level of maturity would continue to fluctuate rather than being stable. This is why I am enabled to maintain a balance and stable approach to the challenges that come my way every day. I am not moved by what people say or do concerning my relationship with God.
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People have different takes on clothes and what to wear and colors and all that stuff, so why make a big deal about uniformity? It took me a long time to grasp that particular concept, simply because I was coming from the James Brown thing. Again, I wouldn't trade that experience for anything.
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Ukrainian business must really embrace global competition. We need to understand that competition for resources and clients is not with competitors from across the street or from another city, but with millions of businesses around the world.
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Everybody's trying to repeat the past with the new network, with new devices and new tools. Why not make something brand-new?
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Waco is such a resilient town... this city has seen its fair share of hardships, but it always bounces back better and stronger.
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Real luxury is having the time to read endless stories in bed with my children. And I get that all the time. I'm so blessed.
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Like water, we are truest to our nature in repose.
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Music definitely is part of my rhythm, you know I play with a rhythm so I have to listen to music.
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In New York City, when they develop something, they never use the old buildings. It's so wasteful. Why not use what's there?
