Jeff Nichols Quotes
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Look, all administrations, all governments lie, all officials lie and nothing they say is to be believed. That's a pretty good rule.
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Unless you are completely retired, earning money is the best form of wealth preservation.
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In some countries, no one knows who Idris Elba is.
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The glamour of being forbidden must not be underestimated.
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I have been dealing with back problems since 1995 when I was with the Blackhawks, and I've only missed part of one season because of it. That was last season in Toronto.
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Men may rise on stepping stones of their dead selves to higher things.
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I wasn't trying to be a role model with 'The Dutchess,' but suddenly, seeing little girls in the audience with their moms made me think about what I do onstage a little bit more. I had to watch my mouth, because it can be filthy. It changed things for me.
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The great social adventure of America is no longer the conquest of the wilderness but the absorption of fifty different peoples.
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I have a message for the young kids. Life is about obstacles, endeavors in life are not to be overlooked.
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Fiscal policy is not just, or even not even principally, the purview of the president.
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Interviewing someone is very similar to preparing a character, isn't it? You're just asking questions: 'Who is this person? Why did they make that choice? Why are they doing that?' You're being Sherlock Holmes.
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The military has been tremendously important in the past during catastrophes and in protecting the population. But it shouldn't become an auxiliary police force.
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I don't care how loyal you think you're going to be, Dink. It's not in you. You're a brat and you always will be. So admit what a lousy follower you are, and go ahead and LEAD.
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It is a politician's business to get and hold his job at all costs. If he can hold it by lying, he will hold it by lying; if lying peters out, he will try to hold it by embracing new truths. His ear is ever close to the ground.
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The difference between reality and unreality is that reality has so little to recommend it.
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From almost the first day they got into office, they (President Bush and Vice President Cheney) were trying to figure out how to get rid of Saddam Hussein. I’m not a psychiatrist – I don’t know all of the reasons behind their concern, some might say their obsession.
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If you have a bereavement in your family, it's a terrible, terrible thing. But, you know, time passes. It's part of the cycle. It doesn't hurt so much.
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We're all private people, but as a musician, I think that once you get to the point where there's more of your life behind you than in front of you, you owe it to your public to explain yourself.
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It was clear that in a past life the detective had been a phone booth beside an empty highway.
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The victor belongs to the spoils.
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Population control is not an issue involving contraceptives for third world women. It is an issue of ecological justice.
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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
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My dream isn't running a studio or doing anything managerial in any way, shape, or form.
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You can watch any Hitchcock film and be blown away.
