Jeff Nichols Quotes
I can talk to execs very clearly, very plainly. I don't get nervous in front of them anymore.
Quotes to Explore
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My favourite smell on a man is Lynx and Marc Jacobs.
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Write for yourself. That's it. And write every day.
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I couldn't find anyone doing something about the astounding injustices women were experiencing, so I decided to do something myself. I cannot tell you how many people ridiculed my efforts.
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I feel like the gods have certainly patted me on the head.
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Singing is a prayer to me.
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The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I am not a Virginian but an American.
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As far as rap goes, I grew up in Hollis, Queens, so early influences were people like Run DMC and LL Cool J.
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Don't get me wrong – I've gone to a club. But I'd much rather be with my close friends at home or a concert, or on a trip. I'll go dancing with my grandma. She likes to cut a rug!
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I like to think of ideas as potential energy. They're really wonderful, but nothing will happen until we risk putting them into action.
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I just had that conversation this morning with my doctor. I just got back from the hospital a half-hour ago, and nothing will make me happier than to replicate the DNA of my amazing husband. I'm optimistic.
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I'm not a nostalgic person: I never look back; I always forget.
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The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality; it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought, and its first reaction is one of anger.
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It really started cooking when I moved to Houston. I bought a house and got my own barbeque pit.
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Anybody can make history. Only a great man can write it.
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The theory of population genetics and experiments on other organisms show that substantial changes can occur in the span of less than 100 generations, which for man reaches back to the time of the Roman Empire.
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We have abolished space here on the little Earth; we can never abolish the space that yawns between the stars. Once again, as in the days when Homer sang, we are face-to-face with immensity and must accept its grandeur and terror, its inspiring possibilities and its dreadful restraints.
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Victim of a crime? Thank a single mother.
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The venture business is a bit of an apprenticeship business, so the firm I worked for didn't let me make an investment until I was 30. That was probably a very smart thing.
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'Scalped' No. 1 was only the third comic script I'd ever written. I really learned a lot about writing on the fly with that series.
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We would be false to our trust if we allowed the time it takes to give effect to constitutional rights to be used as the very reason for taking away those rights.
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I wish I had time to listen to music more.
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I can talk to execs very clearly, very plainly. I don't get nervous in front of them anymore.
