James Michael Aloysius Bradford (Jimmy Nail) Quotes
I've had a blessed career, and that has been acknowledged in many ways over the years.
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The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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I am who I am.
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The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.
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We must defend what we have achieved so far.
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The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.
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My songs are very personal, which means they are fantastically therapeutic to write, but performing them night after night is emotionally draining.
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The health industry, the fitness industry, was really starting to pick up. This was around the mid 80's.
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I first started asking big questions when I was 12, and by big questions, I mean, 'Why are we here? What is this business? We're alive for a few short decades and then poof, we're out of here.'
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Small ideas won't help Illinois' future.
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I think everybody understands the fact that the right person will be cast for the role. So it's not theirs really to lose; they're just trying to find the right person.
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The writer can choose what he writes about but he cannot choose what he is able to make live.
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It's not what other people believe you can do, it's what you believe.
Gail Devers
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You know, I'm fairly intelligent, but I don't think my grades reflected that.
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My grandmother was fond of painting and playing the piano. She had been given lessons by Emmanuel Chabrier, who used to spend the summer months in nearby Membrolle.
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I learnt circus skills in drama group, so I can juggle.
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I buy way too many books.
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The secret of happiness is: Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it.
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It's weird. I don't really have goals. I just try to make sure I'm enjoying what I'm doing. Once I start to get sick of it, the next thing becomes obvious.
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A light cotton cami is always great to stay cool.
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Heroism in a bad cause.
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I'm a five-seasons griller! Did you know I added a new season? Living in Cali, I'm cooking in the yard all the time. I don't care what the weather is like. My hair is impervious to any kind of dampness, so I don't have too much to worry about.
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Yeah I do and I don't mind, in fact that is one of the real encouraging things about this whole career of mine is that there are tunes I wrote almost thirty years ago that I will still play in front of an audience and I still like the old tunes.
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My career is based on openness and honesty.
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I've had a blessed career, and that has been acknowledged in many ways over the years.
