Paolo Nutini Quotes
I write on the acoustic guitar, I write some on the piano, but I've been messing around with these guitar pedals and drum machines, educating myself in that world.
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In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.
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Beethoven's importance in music has been principally defined by the revolutionary nature of his compositions. He freed music from hitherto prevailing conventions of harmony and structure.
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I think most writers will say that at the start of each book they think, 'I'm not sure I can do this.' But eventually, you reach a magical point where the story suddenly becomes real to you, and you become totally invested in it.
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We assume in our daily lives that the world is both safe and sane. Otherwise, we could not carry on.
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In order to raise money from somebody, you have to understand who is this person, not to deceive them but to understand them. What would be their motives for contributing money? Why do these people contribute money to some places, but not to others? That's attunement - treating everybody well, but not treating everybody the same.
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Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
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I am sure that the party system is right and necessary. There must be some scum.
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When a writer declares that his first book is his best, that is bad. I progress successively from book to book.
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A lot of things and a lot of money is involved in a movie. It is very upsetting when a movie doesn't fare well at the box-office.
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War has been good to me from a financial standpoint but I don't want to make money that way. I don't want blood money.
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If there's a trait for not sleeping, I probably have it.
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To be honest with you, a lot of directors can be very lazy.
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I think I'm a good judge of character.
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Growing up, my dolls were doctors and on secret missions. I had Barbie Goes Rambo.
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I will say that the food in both Japan and Italy was immaculate. I don't remember having bad food in either country.
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Over the long hours of taping 5, 6 or 7 episodes a day, we develop a great sense of family.
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Many people find themselves with illness as they become successful: higher blood pressure and diabetes.
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You can have all the talent in the world, but without determination, you won't get very far.
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If you don't ask, you don't get.
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The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by failures.
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In the long run, I believe that honesty is definitely the best policy. One can get away by being dishonest for a short term, but ultimately, honesty is what pays.
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China is growing very quickly and is clearly becoming an important player in the world economy.
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I tend to follow a scattershot approach to reading a lot of very diverse subjects interest me, and I'm quite happy to read stuff on any of them.
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I write on the acoustic guitar, I write some on the piano, but I've been messing around with these guitar pedals and drum machines, educating myself in that world.
