Paolo Nutini Quotes
I think it was definitely a love for the four- or five-part vocal male harmony groups that really took me away. I'd always try and be, like, the fifth Drifter; I'd always try and find another harmony that wasn't there.
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I always wanted to entertain. When I was little, I would sing in front of the mirror with a hairbrush or my sisters and I would make shows. I always wanted to be on TV.
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Happiness is an inside job.
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Military preparedness is absolutely a form of strength.
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Curiosity does, no less than devotion, pilgrims make.
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Weeks go by, and I don't talk to another living soul.
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You can blame my mom for some of my worst fashion moments. She used to dress me and my sister in a lot of patterns. Like, she would put me in striped stockings with a floral dress. Like, why are you doing that to me?
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Finally having the freedom to speak is a really liberating feeling.
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I've always known what I'm meant to do. The path of my life has been about discovering what I need to do to support myself as a writer.
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If I feel frustrated in a situation, I take a deep breath and walk away.
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The combination of lentils with rice or bulgur is the absolute height of Levantine comfort food. I could eat it every day.
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It's the first time that I've ever had an art show based on a film, but it's a photography collage.
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If I have a tombstone when it's all over, it will say, 'He tried to connect.'
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True revolutionaries are like God - they create the world in their own image. Our awesome responsibility to ourselves, to our children, and to the future is to create ourselves in the image of goodness, because the future depends on the nobility of our imaginings.
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Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.
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Somehow, trumpet is the reference point for me – it was actually my first instrument.
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I think actors always find the dialogue doesn't quite fit, so you always have to play with it.
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'I'm not optimistic,' he said. 'The issue clearly flies in the face of the First Amendment. People have a right to tell kids whatever they want about religion.''Do they have a right to push human sacrifice?''Of course not, Mac. But this isn’t human sacrifice. It’s just a church school.''I'm not sure the effect isn’t similar.'
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I think too many promising young minds are wasted on it.
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In 1964, Jeanne-Claude and I became illegal aliens. That's when we moved here from Paris. And for three years, we were illegal aliens living in an illegal building. At that time, some artists started to move to SoHo, and they put A.I.R. - artists-in-residence - up on their windows.
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Basically if you study entrepreneurs, there is a misnomer: People think that entrepreneurs take risk, and they get rewarded because they take risk. In reality entrepreneurs do everything they can to minimize risk. They are not interested in taking risk. They want free lunches and they go after free lunches.
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Most writer's blocks come from people second-guessing to the point where they get discouraged, and they just quit. For me, if I write something and it's not amazing, I don't care because even if I feel like it might not be amazing, it could still be a number-one hit.
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There's something really simple and idyllic about living in a house very close to the water.
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I think it was definitely a love for the four- or five-part vocal male harmony groups that really took me away. I'd always try and be, like, the fifth Drifter; I'd always try and find another harmony that wasn't there.
