Dudley Nichols Quotes
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Well Sid Pollack was... He was I would say probably, probably the most influential on me.
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To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always known where it will end.
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Many people thought I would never succeed, because I am so Russian. So Russian, hundred percent.
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I have absolutely no regret about my vote against this war. The same questions remain. The cost in human lives, the cost to our budget, probably 100 billion. We could have probably brought down that statue for a lot less.
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The beauty of kids is they don't care who you are, which is why people like the Obamas like them so much - they treat them like normal people.
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I worked on the line, I've been an executive chef, I've worked for the Mets, I've worked for various steakhouses, vegetarian restaurants, a lot of Middle Eastern stuff. I've worked my fair share of a lot of different things. I've worked at festivals and street fairs, you know? I've been through it all.
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We have to be careful not to have a form of militant secularism in our country, which is counter-productive for children we would like to see - adhere - to secularism.
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My mom, she's the strict one. If we did something bad, we'd get a whippin' but nothing too bad.
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I'm waiting for them to make 'Thundercats'. I would love to be Cheetara.
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The thing is, any time anyone invades anyone on stage, the invader always looks really bad no matter what point they're proving - obviously that applies to myself too.
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When my job was attempting to predict future economic developments for the Shell oil company, I was frequently reminded of an Arabic saying: 'Those who claim to foresee the future are lying, even if by chance they are later proved right.'
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It gives me immense pleasure to be trustworthy, faithful, and true – to have the kind of romantic bond that inspires this.
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I don't let anything kill my spirit.
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In my early 20s I was so miserable doing construction, I wanted something that paid money. I liked nice stuff. I liked cars and architecture, and things that cost money. I wanted to not swing a hammer, and make money... and not do stuff that was dirty. I attempted to get into comedy. I started to do stand-up, but I wasn't very good at it.
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Common Core isn't a test, but for some people it is, because they don't like the testing piece of it.
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I'm a benefit to the city. I'm not a detriment.
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When you strengthen women, you strengthen the world.
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I'm still a huge Yankees fan. Growing up, Jeter was my guy, but Bernie Williams was my favorite player.
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I married a woman who's not going to take anything. No slips. She's very accountable, and she holds me very accountable.
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SuperMemo is based on the insight that there is an ideal moment to practice what you've learned. Practice too soon and you waste your time. Practice too late and you've forgotten the material and have to relearn it. The right time to practice is just at the moment you're about to forget.
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Virtue in a man doesn't make you want to grab him.
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But of course it's always gonna be Suicide, our fingerprints, ya know? You can't ever get rid of that.
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In 1984, I gave a speech at Notre Dame titled 'Religious Belief and Public Morality.' I said that Catholic legislators will live by the laws of the church because we want to stay in the club.
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Break up the printing presses and you break up rebellion.
