Jeff Nichols Quotes
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I don't try to sugarcoat things, but I also think my books make positive statements about the people and values in small-town America.
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The problem of the world today is the people talk on and on about democracy, freedom, justice. But I don't give a damn about democracy if I am worried about survival.
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Let us remember we are all part of one American family. We are united in common values, and that includes belief in equality under the law, basic respect for public order, and the right of peaceful protest.
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Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.
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I got disappointed in human nature as well and gave it up because I found it too much like my own.
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It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
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When we violate the law ourselves, whatever short-term advantage may be gained, we are obviously encouraging others to violate the law; we thus encourage disorder and instability and thereby do incalculable damage to our own long-term interests.
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It's time to declare a cease-fire in the education arms race. We have far more to gain from collaborating to solve our common problems than competing for higher rankings.
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Where is Winnie the Pooh without it's illustrations?
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Whenever there is a job to be taken on of a kind calculated to make Humanity shudder, the cry goes up, ‘Let Wooster do it.’
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'It makes me madder than a hornet to be disbelieved,' she explained.
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You don't have to be smart to act - look at the outgoing president of the United States.
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By 25, I was a millionaire.
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Yes, yes, no one denies, for example, that you're going to be able to fix the Murray through the Living Murray process without money, no one denies that.
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If I could make millions of dollars being a softball player, I would quit acting in a second.
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Indeed, the economy and the environment need not be seen in opposition.
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The moment that changed me for ever was the moment my first child was born. I was happy, filled with hope, and thought, 'Now I understand the whole point of work, of life, of love.'
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If I'm going to compare myself to a candidate, it's Rick Scott. It's not Donald Trump.
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The love and passion I had for the game was my key. I never had that taken out of me by my parents or a silly coach.
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One of the skills I had to learn and become proficient in is kissing a man. I had never kissed a man. Will Smith did it in his movies, so did Jake Gyllenhaal, and I figured it was my time. So it was me and Steve Carell - fantastic.
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Smell is so powerful, you know. My grannies would both bake things like shortbreads and cookies. I think whenever I smell those kinds of things it really takes me back to my childhood.
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I think personal growth has much to do with acting ability.
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Mim to Nelson 'Your father wasn't stupid, he just acted stupid.'
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Making movies is really hard. It's a very complex process, with many, many variables.
