Paolo Nutini Quotes
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There is no sense in making a film that no-one will go and see, just to create a perfect, but useless, work of art.
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I wrote for nearly six hours. When I stopped, the dark mood, as if by magic, had folded its cloak and gone away.
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I like quiet. No television cameras. I'm not the Hollywood type.
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I had this 'War and Peace' thing of wanting to experience war as a kind of incredible human enterprise. I even applied to Officer Candidate School. Then the practical side of me kicked in and I thought, 'I really don't want to get drafted.' So I went down to the physical and checked every psychological disorder and drug on the medical history form.
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I definitely want to get out of tennis and try something completely different.
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I did a lot of things as a Muslim that I am sorry for now.
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My mom and stepdad were strict. I couldn't date; I couldn't go out. And I was a kid who was never good at just taking no for an answer. I needed to understand why. And sometimes they weren't interested in explaining.
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Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor.
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If you can get yourself where you're not afraid of dying, then you can move forward a lot faster.
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From when I was 7 until I was 22, I played football. That was always my struggle as a kid. I always wanted to be an artist, but my parents were divorced, and my dad really wanted me to play sports, and that's how I got to see him. He would come pick me up or take me to practice, and he was always at my games.
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With the juice, I try to put a lot of different kinds of vegetables in there like zucchini, kale and broccoli. It looks scary, but it's so good for your body, and I just love the taste of it. It's so fresh; I love it!
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If you look at all the vampires in the past, they were sort of decrepit old men. Stephanie Meyers just made it for a new audience. All the vampires are now young men and she describes them as not being ugly.
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The first information I consume in the morning is probably 'The New York Times' and then my Twitter feed. I think Twitter is a really fascinating, easy way to stay on top of what stories are out there.
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A culture without mythology is not really a civilisation.
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If you see with innocent eyes, everything is divine.
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There is nothing more difficult to define than an aphorism.
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Because there is something helpless and weak and innocent - something like an infant - deep inside us all that really suffers in ways we would never permit an insect to suffer.
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Beware of the company you keep. See that you associate with the right type of people.
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Science fiction is no more written for scientists that ghost stories are written for ghosts.
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I saw a production of 'The Seagull' at Dallas Theatre Center when I was in high school, and it really did a number on me.
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There is absolutely no point in not being a populist. What I feel emboldened to do is to take something which is a minority interest and make it accessible without dumbing it down. I'm such an enthusiast for peculiar things, things that are perhaps a bit avant-garde, and try and involve everyone.
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Anti-parent music seems to be all the pop-rock market wants.
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Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.
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The way you react to each challenge forms who you become.
