Ngaio Marsh Quotes
I acquired quite a lot of technical skill and got quite a long way with my painting, but I never felt I was doing what New Zealand was about with my paint.
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All of the songs my grandparents and parents listened to are called boleros - they're all love songs. They're about giving your heart to a person. It's a culture that is so romantic and passionate, and that's something that I'm very proud of. We grew up with nothing, so we just want to live a life full of love.
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One minute you're a slug and the next minute you're a hero, so you don't know what to think.
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I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth.
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I never ever paid attention to any election.
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An old building is like a show. You smell the soul of a building. And the building tells you how to redo it.
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My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
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I've come to learn that the determined and gifted and genuine sociopath has far more power to deceive than we realize.
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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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But whether a couple is a man and a woman has everything to do with the meaning of marriage.
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Jazz is all about improvisation and it's about the moment in time, doing it this way now, and you'll never do it this way twice. I've studied the masters. Why would I want to play ball after the guys who sit on a bench? I want to play like Michael Jordan.
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There are no Hallmark cards that define the next chapter, or the value of a history together.
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People like Bill Maher, who brags about being a cynic, it sickens me. I am the least cynical person I know, and I am very, very skeptical.
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I acquired quite a lot of technical skill and got quite a long way with my painting, but I never felt I was doing what New Zealand was about with my paint.
