Nick Petrie Quotes
It's interesting what pops out of an author's subconscious when he's not thinking about it.
Quotes to Explore
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I should confess that I'm woefully under-read in South African fiction.
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You can't be perfect. You can't be the perfect father. You can't be the perfect singer.
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I don't feel that no big stone should be put over my head, saying he did this, he did that. Unless there's something that I really did do. I believe I'm just ordinary. And I'd like for people to think of me that way, as just a guy that tried. Wanted to be loved by other people because he loved people.
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Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.
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In my opinion, faith helps in many contexts.
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Speak of change, and the world is in alarm. And yet where do we not see change?
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In 1972, I got my first electric bass and started playing the kind of instrument I play now. I found that the majority of musicians couldn't bear that. They are not used to listening to the bass because they think the bass is in the background to support them.
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I have learned a lot from jazz. I compare good acting to jazz music. The more you study and prepare as an actor, the more equipped you are to live in the moment. Just like the gifted musicians in my dad's quartet, it takes a courageous actor to be free.
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Historians will look back in stupor at 20th and 21st century Americans who believed the magnificent republic they inherited would be enriched by bringing in scores of millions from the failed states of the Third World.
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Physics is essentially an intuitive and concrete science. Mathematics is only a means for expressing the laws that govern phenomena.
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I love Rihanna's style. It's a good mix of streetwear and show wear, and I love her music, too. She's an incredible singer and performer.
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To make music that means something, you kind of have to drop the cool. You have to be prepared and willing to be uncool.
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It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
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I never wanted to dilute my private passion for the art by airing and arguing it in public.
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And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with Me, to give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
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I like to read dramatic novels and I absolutely love magazines.
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I'm so totally future oriented that, for me, I don't know what the future's about, but I can promise you it's gonna be exciting.
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I listen to every type of music there is, and I also have a little girl, so I listen to ultra-fun Disney stars' music as well.
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I'd rather let the song live and, as I get older, I'm less absorbed with the clothing. The older I get, I just wanna write good songs.
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I hesitate to talk about Czech food. ... The people are very sweet, wonderfully cultured, very friendly, but my God how they eat that food I do not know. It is surely the most disgusting cuisine in the world.
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We solve last year's problems without thinking about the future.
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The president [Barack Obama] understands that the country's very concerned about [terrorism] issue. And I think what you're going to hear from him is a discussion about what government's doing to ensure all of our highest priority, the protection of the American people.
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It's interesting what pops out of an author's subconscious when he's not thinking about it.
