Nicola Adams Quotes
No one's ever really cared about me being bisexual, and I only came out because I had always been out; it's just the general public didn't know. I'm quite fearless. I'm like, 'Let's just go out there and do this and see what happens.'
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I don't think in words; I think in pictures, in images.
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When I used to perform weddings, the image I always had was the image of a triangle, in which there are two partners and then there is this third force, this third being, that emerges out of the interaction of these two. The third one is the one that is the shared awareness that lies behind the two of them.
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I was never supposed to make it to Congress. I was a staff person.
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It's true that I'm taking a break from writing a regular column to do other things but it's got nothing to do with what dear Simon has or has not written.
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Calling Rand Paul 'the most interesting man in politics' is an invitation to an argument - but one we suspect he'd love to have.
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The penalty of success is to be bored by people who used to snub you.
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I started at the age of 8 and have been lucky to be still working.
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No, I had not read any other comedian's book. Not that I don't enjoy other comedians; I'm just not a reader.
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You reach a point in your career when the weeks turn into a month or more of the phone not ringing.
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Death ends a life, not a relationship.
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I guess I am sometimes over the top on stage, but then, that is my personality. I'm over the top in real life, too.
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Nothing reinforces a professional relationship more than enjoying success with someone.
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A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
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Too often, campaigns are all flash and no substance.
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The Democrats' drive to defeat Neil Gorsuch is the latest battle in a 50-year war for control of the Supreme Court - a war that began with a conspiracy against Richard Nixon by Chief Justice Earl Warren, Justice Abe Fortas and Lyndon Johnson.
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I never thought of myself as a performer or songwriter or singer.
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I'm a big fan of all styles, even Biggie and Wu-Tang, but I gotta do my thing.
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You have to make enough noise to be cast in the right films, and the best way to make that noise is to do lots of good work.
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Obviously I've gone out of my way in my career to not look good, so it's always nice to, every once in a while, get the opposite going.
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I know what it feels like to be a victim of domestic violence.
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In effect the people were present through their representatives, and were themselves, step by step and point by point, acting in the conduct of public affairs. No longer merely an ultimate check on government, they were in some sense the government.
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People with advantages are loath to believe that they just happen to be people with advantages.
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We have this really retro vibe and style of songwriting and, personally, I wasn't embracing the current state of music until I fell in love with hip-hop. It felt good to suddenly embrace where music was headed, and I think hip-hop is the best at that, because it feels so progressive and everybody wants to be the best.
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No one's ever really cared about me being bisexual, and I only came out because I had always been out; it's just the general public didn't know. I'm quite fearless. I'm like, 'Let's just go out there and do this and see what happens.'
