James Nicoll Quotes
It’s a sad thing that the march of time and evolution of mores can rob one of the ability to laugh at simple domestic abuse.
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Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession.
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I don't like to rate myself; others can do that.
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I've always loved to dress up a bit and show off.
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I have written a lot about the fine arts, but I'd never written about the literary arts, and so on some level Dante really, you know, spoke to me, as new ground but also familiar ground.
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For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norms, even our cultural ideal.
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If our country is serious about reducing our dependency on foreign oil, we need to get serious about mobilizing the infrastructure necessary to distribute and dispense the next generation of fuels.
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In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
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Man, in his animal capacity, is qualified to subsist in every climate.
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I've done the Rolling Stones eating each other.
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I wanted to weave a green thread through the Conservative party; that's my job, and I signed up imagining that I would be in a very small minority within my party, possibly even on my own, battling away on these issues.
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By four years of age, the average child in a family receiving public assistance has heard about 13 million words, compared to 45 million for a child from a wealthier family. The disadvantages developed during their first four years are usually still present in high school.
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Don't take 'no' for an answer.
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Any econometrician who wants to see practical application of his science will be highly concerned with applications to economic planning at the national level.
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I don't know how many kids I am going to have, but definitely I am one of those women who wants to have family and kids.
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The current prohibition laws are forcing drug disputes to be played out with guns in our streets. We need to put a stop to this criminal drug element in our country.
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Vera Caspary wrote thrillers - but not like any other author of her time, male or female. Her specialty was a specific type that she pioneered - the psycho thriller.
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A really first-class company uses really fine stationery.
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I think that when you get right down to it, people do evolve on different issues. And, you know, I'm pro-life. And I was begrudgingly the other way.
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I want to write more and direct more, but only so I can keep practising my craft and be involved in the projects that really interest me.
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I'm a huge fan of the '70s. I'm obsessed with the music of that time.
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It’s a sad thing that the march of time and evolution of mores can rob one of the ability to laugh at simple domestic abuse.
