Nick Nolte (Nicholas King Nolte) Quotes
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My biggest fear has always been being 40 and hating my job. I love challenges. I'm not afraid to try anything.
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I don't spend a lot of time thinking about the ratings of Congress. I really don't.
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I don't want to give any advice to a 19-year-old, because I want a 19-year-old to make mistakes and learn from them. Make mistakes, make mistakes, make mistakes. Just make sure they're your mistakes.
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If I'm really honest, I'm not a huge fan of scary films.
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The appointment of judges to the higher judiciary cannot be the sole domain of a few members of the higher judiciary. This turf must be shared.
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My favorite thing about decorating is mixing different periods and styles. If you have something that's old, and you really do want to mix those styles, then you have to add something that's obviously modern with it. You can't put a kind of a mediocre thing in the middle.
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I once made love for an hour and fifteen minutes, but it was the night the clocks are set ahead.
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First you study photography, then you practice photography, then you serve photography, and finally one becomes photography.
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My first job was in retail at the age of 14, and I have worked in the industry ever since.
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With 'California,' editors were reading it, and fast, and others were emailing my agent to request it. Ultimately, there were a few editors interested in the book, and it sold at auction about two weeks after the submission process started. I couldn't believe it!
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For the prevision is allied Unto the thing so signified; Or say, the foresight that awaits Is the same Genius that creates.
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The master enjoined not austerity, but moderation. If we truly enjoyed things, he claimed, we would be spontaneously moderate. Asked why he was so opposed to ascetical practices, he replied, 'Because they produce pleasure-haters who always become people-haters - rigid and cruel.'
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I think whenever you have a common goal with someone, you're going to bond. It's really hard to get two people together and be like, 'Hey guys, why don't you just bond!' But if you say, 'Listen, I need you guys to build this house, or I need you to do this or I need you to make this movie,' you'll get to work and you'll get close.
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My goal was never to just create a company. A lot of people misinterpret that, as if I don't care about revenue or profit or any of those things. But what not being just a company means to me is not being just that - building something that actually makes a really big change in the world.
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I don't want to be in Terminator. I don't want to go to Hollywood.
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I don't believe in writer's block or waiting for inspiration. If you're a writer, you sit down and write.
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I've been known to sext from time to time. Gotta do whatcha gotta do! Even if it means you are doing five other things at the same time and just going along with it for your man.
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The best way to propel the economy may be to encourage different parts of the country to go their own way.
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I've often accused my grandchildren of never having seen one of my films.
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Before Disney, I did other shows so I was aware of the business. They're all the same in that they're a professional environment. The only difference between a Disney show and other network shows are in the age of the actors you're working with and the age of the intended audience.
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There's clearly something to be said for success and following through on your commitments.
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China is in its own category - too big to ignore, too repressive to embrace, difficult to influence, and very, very proud.
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There's no greater purpose than service to others.
