Jeff Nichols Quotes
Whenever I write, I try and approach my stories from some kind of universal theme or idea or emotion.
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It's often discouraging sitting working at home, wondering whether to put the heating on, answering the doorbell to the gas board, feeling it's all utterly pointless.
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It was inevitable at some point that I would bump into one of my father's plays. The reality of the situation is that I'm a jobbing actor, and any actor would give their eye-teeth to have one of those roles. It's a no-brainer! I'm pleased the stars have aligned around 'Arcadia.'
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Each of us becomes a new person as we re-describe the past.
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If you have two parents who have to work, who want to work, you need to have someone to guide your child.
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I had moved across the country, taken internships, networked, worked long hours, and called in favors to get there. And I had done it. I was working in Hollywood. So imagine the melancholy I found myself in when I realized that I didn't love casting the way that I always thought I would.
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Language as a communication tool is the primary element from which literature is created. Even in pre-literate societies, it exists as songs, riddles, or epics that are chanted.
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What people say isn't going to stop me. I have to do things for myself.
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It was never about winning medals or being famous.
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Well, when The Black Keys make a record, I never really feel limited. To me, it seems the possibilities are always endless. The big difference has been playing live and being able to recreate every little part of the record.
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We have to ensure that our immigration system works in the interests of Britain, enabling us to make a realistic promise to our young school-leavers. It is part of our contract with the British people.
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The basic law of capitalism is you or I, not both you and I.
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High school is the time to find yourself and to explore with fashion and create your own identity.
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In Iraq, many of my female friends were architects and professionals with a lot of power during the 1980s while all the men were at war in Iran.
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Plums are a good substitute for gooseberries.
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The longer people watch Netflix and the longer they stay members - they're the criteria of success for us.
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It's really funny because the same people who loved me as Stringer Bell were the same people that were watching 'Daddy's Little Girls' literally in tears.
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If my life was a song the title would be 'Naima'.
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To me, country music's about life. It's about Monday through Friday. It's the blue-collar, 40-hour week, songs about life. It used to have more of a sound, but I think the heart of that's still the same. It's still American music.
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Three years after starting, by physically doing everything from raising the finance to special effects, we'd finally cobbled together our low budget film.
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When The Who first started, we were playing blues, and I dug the blues and I knew what I was supposed to be playing, but I couldn't play it. I couldn't get it out. I knew what I had to play; it was in my head. I could hear the notes in my head, but I couldn't get them out on the guitar.
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You never find yourself until you face the truth.
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I kinda grew up in different places. I was just from everywhere.
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Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.
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Whenever I write, I try and approach my stories from some kind of universal theme or idea or emotion.
