Phil Lord Quotes
I'm a big believer in the transformative, exponential power of art, like a reverse pyramid scheme.
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I'm very proud of my Nigerian heritage. I wasn't fortunate enough to be raised in a heavy Nigerian environment, because my parents were always working. My father was with D.C. Cabs and my mother worked in fast food and was a nurse.
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I love the 'Lost' ending. I stand by it, but there are a lot of people out there who hate it.
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For anyone who works in front of an audience there is no thrill quite like that of feeling and hearing the evidence of the audience members' enjoyment. Laughter and applause really are powerful.
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In capitalist history, invasion and class struggle are not opposites, as the official legend would have us believe, but one is the means and the expression of the other.
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But I've always attracted attention, it's true, ever since I was very young.
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I remember once I read a book on mental illness and there was a nurse that had gotten sick. Do you know what she died from? From worrying about the mental patients not being able to get their food. She became a mental patient.
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Several of the energy companies want to do the right thing. It's a matter of leveling the playing field though for them and that's why corrective action here is necessary.
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Your best teacher is your last mistake.
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I am a self-critical perfectionist.
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Everything that I design I would wear myself.
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Know what suits you. Now I understand proportion and recognise the shapes that look good on my figure.
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As a writer, one is always a little blind to what one writes.
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Life is not a matter of place, things or comfort; rather, it concerns the basic human rights of family, country, justice and human dignity.
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Lovers should also have their days off.
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What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
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In my opinion, Christian Dior was never, ever theatre.
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When you're creating a fragrance, you're always thinking about what you want that first smell to be, that first reaction. It's a sensation, like a symphony with all of those layers and notes. I love the way it changes and the way it dries down. The fun thing about scent is that it's unique to everyone; pheromones take on a new scent.
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At Mass General in January 2007, Dr. Loeffler's team attached a ring-shaped metal frame to my head with four pins. Then I went to the radiation center, where they strapped me to the treatment table and secured the head frame so that I couldn't move.
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I want to set up orphanages for underprivileged and abused children.
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It basically was an art before. We're just starting to scratch it into a science.
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It was great fun to hang around the Beatles. They had amazingly fast minds, and they were incredibly amusing and funny and witty. They were great. There was a very high energy surrounding them.
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NATO continues, using ultimatums, to insist Belgrade and the entire international community accept the alliance's demands.
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I really like Katy Perry and the music she does. She's an amazing musician and it's an honour to be opening for her in London.
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I'm a big believer in the transformative, exponential power of art, like a reverse pyramid scheme.
