Nancy Friday Quotes
I think the thing I miss most in our age is our manners. It sounds so old-fashioned in a way. But even bad people had good manners in the old days, and manners hold a community together, and manners hold a family together; in a way, they hold the world together.
Quotes to Explore
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I think it is important to ask ourselves as citizens, not as Democrats attacking the administration, but as citizens, whether a world power can really provide global leadership on the basis of fear and anxiety?
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I usually get all my stress and anger out at the gym. But when I get out, I'm kind of a pleasant person - really.
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I think the Hajj tends to reflect the state of the Ummah. That's one of the things about the Hajj is that you get to see the Ummah. It's a microcosm of the Ummah's condition.
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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.
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People just decided I was an R&B artist because I'm black.
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When they offered me 'Wayne's World 2,' they said: 'We were going to give this to another actor, then we thought we'd see you'. I just thought: 'Surely you always had me in mind for that just in the way that it's written?', but they never admitted it. It was a wonderful gig to do. Really special.
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I think watching Channing Tatum caress his Lego Oscar statue will be something I won't forget. Even if I try.
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I don't even know how to define myself. I'm a person who writes. It's something I enjoy, and hopefully people enjoy it as well.
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I'm from outside Philadelphia, a town called Wayne, which is, like, 25 minutes northwest.
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Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with you.
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I'd like to give people leaden boots in galleries, so they'd be a bit slower in front of my paintings. And that's because I spend so much time looking at them. I can look at them a long, long time without getting bored. I disappear.
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People think that if you have a huge appetite, then you'll be better at it. But actually, it's how you confront the food that is brought to you. You have to be mentally and psychologically prepared.
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It's a wild thing, that people have the ability to help each other by just relating to one another.
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I'll admit that I do quite like drinks that come in coconut shells. So there's always that.
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Prestige is the shadow of money and power.
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Even before I went to the UN, I often would want to say something in a meeting - only woman at the table - and I'd think, 'OK well, I don't think I'll say that. It may sound stupid.' And then some man says it, and everybody thinks it's completely brilliant, and you are so mad at yourself for not saying something.
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I believe that the topic of chemical weapons is critically important for international peace and security, and I take note of the ongoing debate over what course of action should be taken by the international community. All those actions should be taken within the framework of the U.N. Charter, as a matter of principle.
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When you're young and you're in love and it doesn't work out - it hurts.
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A service of worship is primarily a service to God. When we realize this and act upon it, we make it a service to men.
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Everyone needs to be able to have their own space in which to be themselves.
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It is a heretic that makes the fire, Not she which burns in it.
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I can't remember life before I was an actor. In fact, I was an actor before I knew what it was to be an actor.
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I think the thing I miss most in our age is our manners. It sounds so old-fashioned in a way. But even bad people had good manners in the old days, and manners hold a community together, and manners hold a family together; in a way, they hold the world together.
