Nicholas Haslam (Nicholas Ponsonby Haslam) Quotes
People think that buying something for their home which is up-to-date is chic, but often it's a cliche. I call people who simply give clients the current 'thing' stylists not decorators.
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The main reason I wanted to be successful was to get out of the ghetto. My parents helped direct my path.
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Shakespeare doesn't really write subtext, you play the subtext.
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Is there anything more dangerous than sympathetic understanding?
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I'm completely ecstatic when a woman has own back story and brings something to the table and has a real strong kind of independence.
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I just plug in and let go.
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The first thing that struck me on landing in America was that if the Americans are not the most well-dressed people in the world, they are the most comfortably dressed.
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I have often thought that however learned you may talk about it, one knows nothing but what he learns from his own experience. [Ger., Da dacht ich oft: schwatzt noch so hoch gelehrt, Man weiss doch nichts, als was man selbst erfahrt.]
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The Moon for all her light and grace Has never learned to know her place.
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Families break up when they get hints you don't intend and miss hints that you do.
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I can't think of anything that people probably wouldn't already have heard of.
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Women today leave the house in animal prints and six inch stilettos, what does that say? I'm going to church? They're saying I want you to hang me by my tits from your ceiling and bite my ass. You know what I mean? That's what it says to me anyway.
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Unfortunately, some of the African leaders employ various nefarious means to remain in office far beyond what their constitutions permit.
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My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully, and yell for help if you need it.
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The coma ward was boring yet difficult. Like golf.
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There's nobody telling Oprah what to do. There's no one telling David Letterman what he can and can't do. You've got to have 100 percent support from everybody who's behind the show, across the board.
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It's OK to cut your hair or color it because it makes you stand out and helps with your brand.
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People think that buying something for their home which is up-to-date is chic, but often it's a cliche. I call people who simply give clients the current 'thing' stylists not decorators.
