Jenny Nimmo Quotes
My father died when I was quite small, so my uncle used to buy me books and read them to me.Jenny Nimmo
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Loyalty will not permit envy, hate, and uncharitableness to creep into our public thinking.
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Pursuit and seduction are the essence of sexuality. It's part of the sizzle.
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We were taught manners and we had to do our chores - Katie and I grew up as normal kids.
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I don't know what DVD commentaries are about. I'd like to strangle the person who came up with that concept.
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There's millions of gay people in the world. In 2011, you've got to hide that you're gay? Like, you know what I'm saying? Like, be real.
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That word, fan, has always kind of bothered me.
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I want a future where my children feel safe and appreciated and proud to be who they are. My heart is one with all the Arab Spring heroes, no matter how small they think their role is. I know they believe, like me, that we are working for a world whereby an Arab can live with the other in a respectful and dignified way.
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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There are lots of concerns facing English football but for me the major one is the way in which football clubs are run by owners, whether they are growing organically and sustainably and how that is being policed by the football authorities.
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I love Jonathan Richman - I love a lot of his music, and the thing I really like about him is his attitude. He seems very happy, and the way he performs is like, 'Don't worry, everybody, just get into it. I'm just having fun; I like when you guys are having fun.'
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If you're losing, just be a man; be a man and lose as a man.
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When we look around the world today, when we see in Afghanistan that 10 million people have registered to vote in their upcoming elections, including 40 percent of those people are women, that's just unbelievable.
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Think both big and small. Loving to bake doesn't only mean becoming a baker. It could mean starting a blog, becoming a food photographer, or going into organic chemistry.
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In an ideal world, I'd spend every weekend at my home in Zermatt in Switzerland.
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French fries. I love them. Some people are chocolate and sweets people. I love French fries. That and caviar.
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I'm the one in the band that said I'm not going on tour unless we do a record.
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I always think it's really hard if you are Asian or Chinese to be really in Hollywood. There are not so many really great characters for you.
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Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace.
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I've never missed a gig yet. Music makes people happy, and that's why I go on doing it - I like to see everybody smile.
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I am a village boy, and Amsterdam for me was always the big town.
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Don't worry about being successful. Worry about being significant.
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I've never been much for self-revelation. In two decades of public life, I always approached the limelight with extreme caution. Not that I kept my personal life off-limits; rather, the personal life I put on display was a blend of fact and fiction.
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I think we're in good shape, but the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina is in some small way mitigated by the fact that we now have more people talking about it, thinking about it and working on it, so that we will be more vigilant and ready.
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My father died when I was quite small, so my uncle used to buy me books and read them to me.
Jenny Nimmo
