Nicholas James Bates (Nick Rhodes) Quotes
I felt very grown up when I was wearing makeup, thank you very much.
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I always get scared. I can't read scripts. I'm scared, scary movies and stuff.
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Studies by several different researchers have shown that the number of lies we're told each day is anywhere from 20 - 200. To many, that will seem shockingly high. Yet it isn't, in light of humans being ill-suited to detect lies. The average human can detect a lie only 54% of the time.
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Yeah... I was a singer as a kid. I had a lot of stage fright, and what's happened with 'Idol,' it has got me past so much of that.
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There were centuries when civilization had no theater.
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I think of my poems as personal and public at the same time. You could say they serve as psychological overlays. One fits on top of the other, and hopefully there's an ongoing evolution of clarity.
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And I've been walking 'round with memories way too long.
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Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible.
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Ladies, I'll let you in on a lil secret: guys don't notice your nails.
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A war between Europeans is a civil war.
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It's hilarious to me that by writing an obscene fake children's book I am mistaken for a parenting expert.
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You know, to address crowds and make promises does not require very much brains.
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If we can remain present and deal with the moment in front of us, no matter what our battle, then if we lose, we'll know that ultimately we weren't supposed to win that battle in the first place.
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God only, who made us rich, can make us poor.
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You must show the world that you abhor fighting.
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I love romance comics. I grew up with 'Archie' and got into other classic series as I got older, and I've been diving into 'Patsy Walker' since starting work on this project.
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'Cloud' and 'Flower' are very much egocentric about my own expression. 'Flow' is more utilitarian, and 'Journey' is more about collaboration between various creative voices in the team.
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They don't pay me enough to take any racial abuse. If you come up to me and say something racially, I'm going to take your head off.
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My paintings are always images of my whole psychic makeup. You cannot deny yourself. You ask, am I painting myself? I'd been a swindler if I did otherwise. I'd be denying my existence as an artist. I've been also asked, what do you want to convey? And I say, nothing but my own nature.. .I am nothing but an optimist.
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Novels often have leisurely openings; a TV drama needs an arresting opening.
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Because some of my at-home life was rough and lonely, I often looked to escape into my imagination. Science fiction provided a deep well to pull from and was something easily accessible to me.
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The more comedic roles come easier to me though because I see myself as a silly, easy-going person.
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I felt very grown up when I was wearing makeup, thank you very much.
