Nicholas James Bates (Nick Rhodes) Quotes
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I can create institutions, but I can't rewrite the chips in people's heads.
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One can only imagine how Iranians or Afghans would deal with unelected judges moving to de-Islamicize their nations.
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It was awkward, revisiting a world you have never seen before: like coming home, after a long journey, to someone else’s house.
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One of the first things to be noted in business life is its imperialism. Business is exacting, engrossing, and inelastic.
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Good habits in America make any man rich.
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When I do interviews, I always go in with the attitude that something good can happen from it.
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This work somehow awakened my dormant powers of will and I began to practice self-control. At first my resolutions faded like snow in April, but in a little while I conquered my weakness and felt a pleasure I never knew before - that of doing as I willed.
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The US Treasury is simply not a church building fund.
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Pain is the only reward for clinging to impossible dreams.
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Until you have bred dogs and have drawn and painted them, it is difficult to realize that no two are identical in conformation. You need do no more than gun for a day over two of them to recognize that each is an individual. It requires the intimacy of daily living with a dog to know the subtle quality of his mind, the ham-smell of his ears, and that his wet nose in your mouth tastes salty.
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A good sense of humor will get you everywhere.
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Fear - there's always fear. You re-create yourself in every movie, don't you?
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The foundation of empire is art and science. Remove them or degrade them, and the empire is no more. Empire follows art and not vice versa as Englishmen suppose.
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...the pretense is made, as it has been made in relation to the finding of any extension of truth, that to do away with right and wrong would produce uncivilized people, immorality, lawlessness and social chaos. The fact is that most psychiatrists and psychologists and other respected people have escaped from moral chains and are able to think freely.
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The human eye is a wonderful device. With a little effort, it can fail to see even the most glaring injustice.
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One helpful thing to keep in mind as a retort-stopper is that you won't "win," you won't change anyone's mind, you won't change any votes, you won't make the atmosphere in the room any better, YOU won't feel any better.
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I find that the older you get, the more helpful eyeliner is.
