Nicholas James Bates (Nick Rhodes) Quotes
I'm sure I'm a schizophrenic. The problem is I can't tell the difference between which one's which, which one is the real me.
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I know politics and politicians are hated, but I still believe in goodness of a heart that has selfless intentions. With the grace of God, I will make a difference.
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I have two older brothers. I am the baby. We're all very, very close. We're great communicators, so we get along really well.
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It is only human supremacy, which is as unacceptable as racism and sexism, that makes us afraid of being more inclusive.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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There is not love where there is no will.
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All the libel lawyers will tell you there's no libel any more, that everyone's given up.
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The commonest error made in relation to poetry is that it consists simply in verse-making. Many confound the casket of meter and rhyme with the jewel of thought which it encloses, and, perhaps, in some instances, after close investigation, they have found the casket empty and turned away with feelings of disappointment and disgust.
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I am convinced that only by applying the values of an entrepreneur to philanthropy will you ever be able to meet the needs of the greatest number of people.
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I should have a better CV, and that's knocked me into believing that I have to grab these opportunities while I can.
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I started out in a professional choir at 13 years old. We traveled to different places, and I had a close relationship with the leaders of our choir. We were recording when I was 15, so it wasn't like I had to wait until 25 to find out certain things.
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If you care about yourself and what you do, you get nervous about it. You just don't take the money and go home.
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'Harry Potter' created a generation of readers in an era when kids could have disappeared into the depths of the Internet. That's no small feat. Every book series owes J.K. Rowling a debt of gratitude.
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A woman's whole life is a history of the affections.
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I used to go in for Disney auditions, and they'd tell me, 'You're cute and nice but just not funny.'
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It's very lucky to be able to do a job where I get to sit about writing plays all day and going to the theatre. The downside, I suppose, is that you put it out there, and people are invited to like it or loathe it.
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Our ability to perceive the world around us seems so effortless that we tend to take it for granted.
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The media has changed. We now give broadcast licenses to philosophies instead of people. People get confused and think there is no difference between news and entertainment. People who project themselves as journalists on television don't know the first thing about journalism. They are just there stirring up a hockey game.
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There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane.
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I don't think of my songs as sad songs. I think of them as vulnerable and honest. I crack jokes in between songs, so people don't leave feeling too dark.
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For me, the lame part of the Sixties was the political part, the social part. The real part was the spiritual part.
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A traveller on foot in this country seems to be considered as a sort of wild man or out-of-the way being, who is stared at, pitied, suspected, and shunned by everybody that meets him.
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I would say to today's young minister, 'Be not afraid to give much time to solitary walks and meditation'.
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I'm sure I'm a schizophrenic. The problem is I can't tell the difference between which one's which, which one is the real me.
