Nick Lowe (Nicholas Drain Lowe) Quotes

London was a real dump in the 70s, when it belonged to me and my friends, because, like most cities, you kind of hand them off. You're in charge for a bit and then you don't go out anymore. You say, "Oh god, it's going to be too crowded."

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• It is more difficult to designate this form of conation on its practical side by a satisfactory name.

  

  Samuel Alexander
  • Difficult
  • Name
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• The bottom line is, when you're in the Senate, you have more of a voice in the beginning than a new House member.

  

  Tammy Duckworth
  • House
  • Beginning
  • Voice

• A good lie detector doesn't jump to conclusions but tries to understand the person across the table, her personality, and her motivations. Your goal as a lie spotter isn't to point the finger and say, 'You're lying' - your goal is to get to the truth.

  

  Pamela Meyer
  • Good
  • Truth
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• The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self. And the arbitrariness of the constraint serves only to obtain precision of execution.

  

  Igor Stravinsky
  • More
  • Self
  • Execution

• I'm very lucky to be in projects that have such skilled writing in them.

  

  Natalie Dormer
  • Writing
  • Lucky
  • Very

• I liked to play dress-up.

  

  Vanessa Paradis
  • Up
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• I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.

  

  Barbara Sukowa
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• If I'm elected president, we will repeal every word of Obamacare.

  

  Ted Cruz
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  • Word
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• I think the NAACP isn't recognized enough for all of the work it does, especially in the field of law. They may have faded from view over the last couple of decades, but they are fighting the good fight.

  

  Tayari Jones
  • Good
  • Work
  • May

• A P2P business is a company that creates a platform which allows individuals or 'peers' to directly buy and sell from each other. This activity has sometimes been called the 'sharing economy.' Some are wary of these new companies and the challenge they pose to the established market.

  

  Sam Graves
  • Business
  • Challenge
  • Economy

• Popular culture is simply a reflection of what the majority seems to want.

  

  Victor Davis Hanson
  • Want
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• I don't think I have the ability or patience to teach badminton to others.

  

  Saina Nehwal
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• As for the fake teeth, they're officially retired. I haven't really found a need or want to wear them.

  

  Uzo Aduba
  • Want
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• But the trouble is that when you drink it, you invariably meet other people drinking it.

  

  Oliver Reed
  • People
  • Trouble
  • Drinking

• Several groups have information evaluating seafood sustainability. I wrote the first such guide, and seafood pocket-guides and detailed evaluations of different seafoods are available for download from the group I founded, Blue Ocean Institute.

  

  Carl Safina
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  • Blue
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• Lying is the rule, not the exception.

  

  Pamela Meyer
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• First, I was opposed to gay marriage because it seemed like one more way that gays were wanting to assimilate. When I realized the Christian right was so opposed to it, as well as tyrannical governments in Africa and Russia, I thought, 'It must be a good thing to fight for.'

  

  Edmund White
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• My point of view is, I'm just a person, and there are times when I look at other people and think, 'My God, they spend so much time thinking about things that seem so absurd.' But I'm sure people must think the same thing about me.

  

  Ian MacKaye
  • People
  • Time
  • God

• One of the most exciting aspects of 23andMe is that we're enabling you to watch a revolution unfold live during your lifetime, and I think that the decoding of the genome, in my opinion, is the most fascinating discovery of our lifetime, and you get to be part of it.

  

  Anne Wojcicki
  • Live
  • Opinion
  • Revolution

• Our message of a balanced budget amendment, term limits to end career politicians, and a real plan to keep America safe is resonating with voters.

  

  Ralph Norman
  • Real
  • America
  • Career

• So many things that I was excited about as a kid were about proximity. The idea that somebody could grow up in rural Iowa and be into break dancing because of YouTube - that was a really simple, profound idea.

  

  Ben Silbermann
  • Up
  • Simple
  • Profound

• Saying, 'I'm going to create jobs' is great, but before you create jobs, something has to be offered to alleviate some of the suffering now.

  

  Lynn Nottage
  • Great
  • Suffering

• London was a real dump in the 70s, when it belonged to me and my friends, because, like most cities, you kind of hand them off. You're in charge for a bit and then you don't go out anymore. You say, "Oh god, it's going to be too crowded."

  

  Nick Lowe Brinsley Schwarz
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