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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What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your own.
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Moreover he saw a skull floating on the surface of the water and he said unto it: Because you drowned others they drowned you; and those that drowned you will eventually be drowned.
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No one can pass through life, any more than he can pass through a bit of country, without leaving tracks behind, and those tracks may often be helpful to those coming after him in finding their way.
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It has been shown as proof positive that carefully prepared chocolate is as healthful a food as it is pleasant; that it is nourishing and easily digested... that it is above all helpful to people who must do a great deal of mental work.
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I find that the older you get, the more helpful eyeliner is.
