Nate Berkus Quotes
I didn't necessarily want to be famous growing up, but I knew I would be a good famous person because I'm not offended if somebody comes up to me and knows things about me and wants to engage me in a conversation.
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I wish the world could better know this country for what it really is. Not just a greedy economic giant crouching fearfully behind its walls, not just a panoplied warrior nervously fingering his weapons. What is this, is a people who gather together in thousands to give a people's government its essential vitality.
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Since the moment I could hold a pencil, I have spent nearly all day every day writing. And there is not an age group that I have not written for. You can read me from birth 'til death.
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If you are unhealthy, start by making small changes to become healthier. You are unique, beautiful, and worthy.
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I think there's something very dark in the South African psyche. I think we live a lot of the time in a state of a very low-grade civil war; the levels of violence in South Africa are extremely high. In a way, the civil war that never happened is being played out in a covert way, so we live with a lot of very ugly things.
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I idolised bands like Pearl Jam and Smashing Pumpkins, who wanted to reach as many people as they could.
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I set myself one task, which was to get Labour on to the front foot, back in the game, making the weather on the economy, and that's going to take me a year.
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I am also a drummer of sorts. I've got an electronic set sitting in my bedroom.
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The next day, I got a phone call from him and he told me to come and read for a movie called New Jack City. So I went over there and they told me I was gonna wear dreads and play a cop.
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I would love to do some theater.
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Greetings and death to our enemies.
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I warm up with my mom and make sure I understand what the songs are about and make sure I'm using the right technique. To be honest with you, I really don't practice a lot... Usually, I say a prayer and ask the Lord to sing with me and help me and stand on the stage with me.
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I just thought any workout that is effective and I can do while laying down I'm signing up for.
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This country wants to laugh. We want to, and we need to. I'm happy to oblige.
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You have to shelve a lot of your inspiration. There's only so much you can do with one record.
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I keep setting the bar higher for myself in terms of what I'm trying to accomplish.
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What is the future of the woman's movement? How in the hell do I know? I don't run it.
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The Georges were fair; they left all to the Government; but Anne was very bad and a tyrant. She tyrannised over the Irish. She died broken-hearted with all the bad things that were going on about her. For Queen Anne was very wicked; oh, very wicked, indeed!
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Yet my humble capacity has not preserved me from calumnies.
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I think there's something degrading about having a husband for a rival. It's humiliating if you fail and commonplace if you succeed.
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There comes a point in nearly every book event I've done when a little feminist revolt stirs inside the crowd.
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When my parents separated, I was very grateful.
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I think I may have become an actor to hide from myself. You can escape into a character.
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How I work is I work from of very character-driven place. And I trust the writers.
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I didn't necessarily want to be famous growing up, but I knew I would be a good famous person because I'm not offended if somebody comes up to me and knows things about me and wants to engage me in a conversation.
