Don Nickles Quotes
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Sea Change was so specific. From the beginning it was set what it was going to be. All the other ideas that I had at the time I had to put to the side.
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I think punditry serves no purpose.
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The thing I love about vampires that I find so fascinating is that, unlike other sci-fi creations, they aren't monsters from the get-go, they're human beings first... and so what kind of human you are would dictate what kind of vampire you would be.
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Whatever people thought the first time they held a portable phone the size of a shoe in their hands, it was nothing like where we are now, accustomed to having all knowledge at our fingertips.
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Yoga is a life-saver.
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The important thing is to be there, score when needed. It's better if the goals are beautiful, better still if they are important.
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I am pretty hard on myself. But I think that's how it has to be if you want to keep growing as an actor.
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The physical journey in my films is indicative of the internal journey that my characters take.
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I think there is something to be said for not feeling like just because you're a model you have to be dressed up, look amazing, go to every party, and be smiling all the time.
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I've written for every medium except poetry, at which I suck.
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Having grown up in the Middle East, eating beans for breakfast always seemed like a bizarre British eccentricity.
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I disliked singing in English and neither liked the story nor the character of Cressida.
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You'll see me on 'Top Chef' someday. My Midwestern hospitality needs an outlet, you know?
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I think what happened during the Great Depression was that African Americans understood that Republicans championed citizenship and voting rights but they became impatient for economic emancipation.
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What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare?
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To me, writing an ongoing series feels like driving a freight train downhill. All you can do is steer and pray.
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Always remember: the alleviation of poverty is never a political or economic issue - it is moral.
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As far as the grunge thing, there are three bands from Seattle that I would call true grunge.
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I really wasn't even sure if I should continue acting. I would like try and figure out if I could be good enough to do it. It was like 10 or 12 years into my career before I felt like maybe I can do it. It was such a different time than now.
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When my children say, 'In the future, Mummy, will things get better or worse for humanity?' I say: 'Who knows, since Amy Winehouse died. It's all in the air now. Eat your broccoli.'
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To doubt is worse than to have lost; and to despair is but to antedate those miseries that must fall on us.
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My last comment was, though, that Congress has cooked the books.
