Nicole Kidman (Nicole Mary Kidman) Quotes
I'm always happy to play the bad girl. I just get to have fun, and it's obviously all done with a smile.
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At one level, an award is an endorsement, a confirmation, but I always find myself looking askance at awards and good reviews, as though another Garry Disher had earned them.
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People might think writing is a hard business, but it's nowhere near acting.
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I don't go out anywhere. I don't go to nightclubs, so meeting somebody in the nightclub is out of question.
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I think as long as I have a creative outlet, I'm happy.
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I have not fully had the opportunity to evaluate the impact of cameras in the courtroom.
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There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.
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I was born and grew up in Fitzgerald, way down in south Georgia. It was a mill town and my family ran the cotton mill. My grandfather was mayor many times and my family felt deeply rooted to that spot.
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I was a filmy kid. I was two when I faced the camera for the first time. My parents realised it pretty early, and I'm really thankful to them for their support and help.
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If women's rights are a problem for some modern Muslim men, it is neither because of the Quran nor the Prophet, nor the Islamic tradition, but simply because those rights conflict with the interests of a male elite.
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A completely disrespectful photographer was asked to stop taking photographs, and then said, 'I've got what I want. What are you going to do about it?' How would you feel if somebody walked up and started taking your photograph? I don't think you'd be very happy.
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I didn't want the public in my personal life at all - I thought that people might perceive me as too normal, and I'd lose that larger-than-life rock star persona. You've got to protect that!
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China's government is so strong on investment, so strong on exporting, but they're too weak on domestic consumption.
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I struggled for many, many years following 'Music and Lyrics' - I mean really struggled.
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Happiness is a matter of one's most ordinary and everyday mode of consciousness being busy and lively and unconcerned with self.
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It's just really fulfilling to celebrate with a group of folks, a team, than it is personally.
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People in Tulsa are totally friendly; the crowds are very nice.
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Posthumous reputations have little to do with real lives.
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When I look at my body of work, I've played a lot of characters who are morally conflicted - 'I'm right, no I'm wrong, I don't know what to do!' I want to play more characters who don't care as much, and who aren't as measured. They are what they are, no apologies.
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I would try to be super-assertive in meetings and, you know, pound my hand off the table, and it never ended well. People would say, 'What are you beating the table for?' It's not natural for me.
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There aren't enough people who are passionate with what they do. They're content just going through life being mediocre, being average. They don't want to thrive. They don't want to strive for greater. They're happy being where they are.
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I love to smile. I love to laugh. I like to hear jokes. For instance, when I'm on the road, every night I watch 'Seinfeld.' I find it somewhere. I think it's so funny, and I watch the repeats over and over again.
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I'm going to be the next head coach at Notre Dame.
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I'm always happy to play the bad girl. I just get to have fun, and it's obviously all done with a smile.
