Nick Lowe (Nicholas Drain Lowe) Quotes
I loved Christmas. We had a really great time. But there wasn't - it was all - you had to be happy with, you know, an orange and a couple of walnuts, you know, in your stocking.
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The universities are available only to those who share my revolutionary beliefs.
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pain is inevitable,suffering is optional... we have bigger houses,but smaller families. More conveniences,but less time. We have knowledge,but less judgements; more experts,but more problems ; more medicines but less health.
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La de couverte d'un mets nouveau fait plus pour le bonheur du genre humain que la de couverte d'une e toile. The discoveryof a newdish doesmore for thehappiness of mankind than the discovery of a star.
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If only I had more money is the easiest way to postpone the intense self-examination and decision-making necessary to create a life of enjoyment - now and not later.
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To doubt God is to doubt one's own conscience, and in consequence it would be to doubt everything.
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No theory, no ready-made system, no book that has ever been written will save the world. I cleave to no system. I am a true seeker.
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Art makes people do a double take and then, if they're looking at the picture, maybe they'll read the text under it that says, "Come to Union Square, For Anti-War Meeting Friday." I've been operating that way ever since - that art is a means to an end rather than simply an end in itself. In art school we're always taught that art is an end in itself - art for art's sake, expressing yourself, and that that's enough.
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It is possible to be busy-very busy-without being very effective.
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We pay taxes, and we help the city coffers.
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It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr.
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You like the style of the people you like because it reflects something inside them.
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So much about religion has to do with rigid, sacrosanct preciousness. I don't live my life that way, and I don't feel that's what Baha'u'llah teaches.
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Love accepts. Forgiveness comes in time.
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Who to a woman trusts his peace of mind, Trusts a frail bark, with a tempestuous wind.
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When our true intentions are something other than providing help, such as getting a job done or beating someone in a game, we are most prone to falling into the traps described throughout this book.
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Orange blossom water would make a magical addition to your store cupboard.
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Christmas it too large to be tucked away in the toe of a child's stocking.
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I want to control our own energy by developing oil and natural gas but also the energy sources of the future.
