Nick Cannon (Nicholas Scott Cannon) Quotes
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'Empathy' is the latest code word for liberal activism, for treating the Constitution as malleable clay to be kneaded and molded in whatever form justices want. It represents an expansive view of the judiciary in which courts create policy that couldn't pass the legislative branch or, if it did, would generate voter backlash.
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Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better.
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I do not take steroids. I never have. It's sad to me that people want to point fingers. I don't do that. That's not me. I wouldn't feel like a human being.
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I just want to make a classic. Classic is the standard. I'm just trying to make music that will last a lifetime.
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I don't want to be known as the one who makes movies for older people.
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If you want a bourgeois existence, you shouldn't be an actor. You're in the wrong profession.
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I want to play in as many theatres as possible, work with as many brilliant people as possible, but definitely do a new play.
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Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.
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Exceed your customer's expectations. If you do, they'll come back over and over. Give them what they want - and a little more.
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I was so scared of the water when I was little. I used to grab onto Mum's hand to get out of the pool. I did not even want to shower.
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I want to write without shame or pride or over-compensation in one direction or another. To write freely.
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If you want to change a country, you're going to be bumped every now and then.
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Spitfire asked me if I had a problem talking about Van Halen or Extreme. I really don't. There are people who are just going to want to know what it was like to play with Eddie.
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I don't seek the counsel of God. God doesn't speak to me on what I should or shouldn't do.
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I'm a crier. I always cry. I cry at the dumbest things, too. This is why I sort of steer clear of movies and films that I know are going to be depressing. I don't care how many awards they've won - I know they're good. I don't need to watch them, because I don't want to be depressed, and I don't want to cry.
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I don't want to be influenced by outside opinion.
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Being a woman in country is really empowering. It's a genre where you can truly say whatever you want to say as long as you're 100% behind your message and who you are.
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My live show is almost like a meditation. An emotional apex - that's what I want it to feel like.
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You have to stay in shape for dance. I don't want to be too skinny, but I don't want to be overweight. I want to be in the middle.
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Now that I'm 50 and respectably settled in New England and markedly happier and more contented than I was in my youth, I modestly hope there's time to realize some of my youthful goals before I croak, but I'll take what I can get.
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We are not going to build a pressure in Mexico. We're not building walls to retain our people.
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Just speak yourself into existence. Whatever you want, speak it. You can see it.
