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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What clients are really interested in is honesty, plus a baseline of competence.
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Desperation, weakness, vulnerability - these things will always be exploited. You need to protect the weak, ring-fence them, with something far stronger than empathy.
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If I'm going to give up the single life, it better be good - because I'm having fun!
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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.
