Nathaniel Philbrick Quotes
As long as I can remember, I've been writing - first poems, then stories, and by my early teenage years I was also in love with sailing.
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I've never been able to understand what they mean by 'Pinteresque,'. I'm sure it's indefinable.
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It's just about keeping people who are close to me, near. It's important to have people around who love themselves, are true to themselves, who have their own hobbies and their world doesn't revolve around Hollywood.
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As the anti-slavery community, we must together ensure that this attention is transferred into concrete action and results.
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A filmmaker can never be distant from his roots.
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If your mom is still around, you're so lucky.
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I've waited so long to get to this point, and I'm so happy to be making my first album. I want to be a performer and an entertainer.
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You get to a point where it's like you can't really do anything right, and people will pick on you for whatever decisions you make, so I just try and take no notice and get on with my music.
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My friends in the TV news business are in a state of despair about Donald Trump, even as their bosses in the boardroom are giddy over what he's doing for their once sagging ratings.
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Part of Michael's uniqueness, I think, comes from the fact that he worked with music. He had a tape which he gave me with many different compositions, really eclectic. These pieces of music were sources of inspiration.
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I have worked hard and learnt that I have to make a decision - whether I am going to conform and protect myself or not. I chose not to.
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My 93-year-old grandma is a beautiful example of healthy living. She laughs a lot and always says, 'Just be yourself!' She also eats dessert every single day.
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Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative, you can get beyond your pain or negativity.
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During my childhood, I was surrounded by actors, and all I remember is they were fun to be around. That kind of sticks.
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You cannot survive if you do not know the past.
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I'm happy pretty well anywhere on this big, beautiful planet.
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I knew she was from Australia and I knew that is where she started but I didn't know if she was still popular there. I hope people understand we aren't making fun of Kylie.
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One element of Madonna's career that really takes center stage is how many times she's reinvented herself. It's easier to stay in one look, one comfort zone, one musical style. It's inspiring to see someone whose only predictable quality is being unpredictable.
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Part of the reason I sort of shot out like a cannon out of Michigan and left home at such an early age is because I had to feel independent.
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Whether we like it or not, we have all been born into this world as part of one great human family. Rich or poor, educated or uneducated, belonging to one nation or another, to one religion or another, adhering to this ideology or that, ultimately each of is just a human being like everyone else. We all desire happiness and do not want suffering.
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I have so much to grapple with, I don't think too much about me. People call it the "dance of a thousand egos" when you make a movie. If only I had time to worry when I was making a movie about what the hell I was doing. It's sort of a marathon every day. And then at the end of it, you beg the producers for five more marathons.
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Personally, I love theater; that's where I started.
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At the age of four with paper hats and wooden swords we're all Generals. Only some of us never grow out of it.
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There was a star riding through clouds one night, & I said to the star, 'Consume me'.
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As long as I can remember, I've been writing - first poems, then stories, and by my early teenage years I was also in love with sailing.
