Nicholas Sparks Quotes
His voice, even now, follows me everywhere on this longest of rides, this thing called life.
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I always loved cars. I don't know why, I can't explain it to you. It has always been with me.
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Language is the most extraordinary invention in the history of humanity, the one which came before everything and which makes it possible to share everything.
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Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.
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I had two sisters carried away in a chain-gang - one of them left two children. We were always uneasy.
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There's not some idea I'm going to create a work that's going to change everybody's consciousness.
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I believe in reincarnation of the soul.
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I turned into a monk when my mother went to learn Buddhism in Burma. While she learnt at the monastery, I used to roam around with a begging bowl and ask for food.
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I never went to stage school or anything like that. It was always plays, productions at school and things like that. The thing for me with acting was it was the only thing I could fully concentrate on. I loved playing sports. I didn't really love studying.
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I remember as a kid not ever wanting to have friends around to my house because it was, for want of a better description, disheveled.
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It makes me feel good that I can now sit there and go, I've worked with Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, all the great actors that I've worked with... Sir Ben Kingsley.
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There's no one who has been living for centuries.
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I would categorize Die Antwoord as pop music: extreme, futuristic pop music.
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I grew up in Scotland, and everyone wore Barbour. It's very practical; it's very outdoorsy. It's what the gamekeepers and the fishermen and the farmers would wear.
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As a player, you just want to focus on controlling the controllables.
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After a day of writing, I love nothing more than to go into my kitchen and start chopping onions and garlic on the way to cooking an improvised meal with whatever ingredients are on hand. Cooking is the perfect counterpoint to writing. I find it more relaxing than anything else, even naps, walks, or hot baths.
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For the nation to live, the tribe must die.
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When I trade, I don't have an agency problem; I have my neck on the line. When a bank or banker trades, it's not his neck on the line.
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Santa Claus has the right idea - visit people only once a year.
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Older prisoners are more expensive for prisons to house because they tend to require more health care over time.
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I don't want to play earnest. I'd rather play somebody who's kind of sleazy. It's much more fun, especially in a comedy. You don't want to be some earnest guy who's just trying to do the right thing but can't. I want to be doing the wrong thing intentionally.
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I've always been open about my life not because my story is unique, but because it isn't.
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A man with an invention on which he has spent his life, but has no means to get it developed for the good of humanity - or even patented for himself - must feel the pinch of poverty very acutely.
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His voice, even now, follows me everywhere on this longest of rides, this thing called life.
