Jeff Nichols Quotes
I can talk to execs very clearly, very plainly. I don't get nervous in front of them anymore.
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My favourite smell on a man is Lynx and Marc Jacobs.
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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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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'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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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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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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When I see the crumbling roads and bridges, or the dilapidated airports, or the factories moving overseas to Mexico, or to other countries, I know these problems can all be fixed, but not by Hillary Clinton - only by me.
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I did 'The Sound of Music.' That was my first musical.
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It is not the function of the leader of government business to discipline members of the executive.
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In the old days, you dealt with one regulator. Now it's five or six. You all should ask the question how American that is.
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Speak to any editor and ask them what they turned down, and they'll have long lists of books.
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My mother and father had a terrible marriage. They celebrated their wedding anniversary one year with their friends. Why did they celebrate? Maybe because they had lasted so many years without killing each other.
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It is critical that we pass legislation to dramatically reform our health insurance system, and this reform should include a genuine public option, universal coverage, an end to insurance policy rescissions, and no restrictions against covering people with pre-existing conditions.
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There are five billion human beings and in a certain way I think we need five billion different religions, because there is such a large variety of dispositions. I believe that each individual should embark upon a spiritual path that is best suited to his or her mental disposition, natural inclination, temperament, belief, family and cultural background.
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School integration did not come to be the day after the Brown ruling was issued. Progress took years, and it took passion, strength, and courage from a large group of committed individuals.
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Perhaps if you know you are insane then you are not insane.
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The middlebrow, I hate.
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I can talk to execs very clearly, very plainly. I don't get nervous in front of them anymore.
