Nicole Kidman (Nicole Mary Kidman) Quotes
I was taught a very strong work ethic that included punctuality, which I've always felt is a sign of respect for others.
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I need to feel as if everything is clean and in its proper place before I can even attempt to write one word. At least, that's what I tell myself. I make the bed, I put away the dishes, maybe I dust, maybe I do the laundry, maybe I go to the post office.
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I'm a Canadian. Outside Canada I carry the flag. Canadian nationalism isn't as insidious as American nationalism, though. It's good natured. It's all about maple syrup, not war.
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Ever since I was a child, I would start crying seeing anyone in pain.
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Histories are to educate so that we understand better for ourselves and for motivation.
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The show I'm obsessed with watching is 'Say Yes to the Dress!' Because I love the whole makeover idea, and I'm a sap for love, of course.
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I suppose I shouldn't go around admitting I speak untruths on the radio.
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Strangely enough, the first character in Fried Green Tomatoes was the cafe, and the town. I think a place can be as much a character in a novel as the people.
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If you're conservative in Hollywood, you're on a list of people who need to be put in their place.
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I have absolutely no empathy for camels. I didn't care for being abused in the Middle East by those horrible, horrible, horrible creatures. They don't like people. It's not at all like the relationship between horses and humans.
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I would hear stories about Steve Jobs and feel like he was at 100 percent exactly what he wanted to do, but I'm sure even a Steve Jobs has compromised. Even a Rick Owens has compromised. You know, even a Kanye West has compromised. Sometimes you don't even know when you're being compromised till after the fact, and that's what you regret.
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Working on 'Girls' opened up a lot of opportunity for me. It's like a dream job. It's a dream.
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A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis.
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I don't do meetings.
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Basically, I tend to see the world differently to other people, and I write books and stories to alter the imagination of people so that they also see the world in a different way.
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The test of good manners is to be able to put up pleasantly with bad ones.
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There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.
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My music is bejewelled, it's colourful, it's romantic, it shines.
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I've always thought that we are what we remember, and the less we remember, the less we are.
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I was really a shy kid.
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Get the entire team involved in identifying and evaluating project risks. Everyone looks at the project differently, and sometimes the input from the student intern can be vital.
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The great thing about using the past is that it gives you the most colossal freedom to invent. The research is necessary, of course, but no one writes a novel to dramatically illustrate what everybody already knows.
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The attraction in this city is money, from gambling. What you are if you work here is a shill.
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The purpose that you were created Man is exactly this: to prove, you too, with your life and with your work that everything can and should be done without any purpose. To be accomplished as the entire creation is accomplished.
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I was taught a very strong work ethic that included punctuality, which I've always felt is a sign of respect for others.
