Nigel Kennedy Quotes
If you're not pushing your own technique to its own limits with the risk that it might just crumble at any moment, then you're not really doing your job.
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I firmly believe that with President Trump in the White House, we have such a great opportunity as conservatives.
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You know, I endeavor to be more like my older brother. He's very magnetic. He's actually very much like 'Castle' in that people are attracted to him, and just want to be near him. You want to know where my brother is in a crowded room? He's the guy with the crowd around him.
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Jean Piaget observed that scarcely any question seems absurd to a child, but he was silent on the question of absurd answers from adults.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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Only Arab Israel, the land of Israel, is our true homeland.
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The patchwork political landscape of the Arab world - the client monarchies, degenerated nationalist dictatorships, and the imperial petrol stations known as the Gulf states - was the outcome of an intensive experience of Anglo-French colonialism.
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I don't back down. I don't cave when the pressure gets too great from these partisan political ideological forces.
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I work with directors who haven't had the experience of being on sets as much as I have. I feel like, in a way, if it's an independent movie, I can teach the crew to kind of relax, or create a vibe. It really is about a vibe.
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I'm rooting for Saudi Arabia getting a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council.
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Inspiration is God making contact with itself.
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America thrives on identity politics, left and right. But France is opposed to the idea. Since the Revolution, the French have enthroned the idea of universalism. All of us must be equal before the law as abstract individuals, and that extends to the arts.
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There is nothing evil save that which perverts the mind and shackles the conscience.
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Each test pilot I know considers him, or herself, now that there are women, to be the very best. It's very demeaning to step down the ladder once in a while.
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Throughout my career, I was never able to relax; I always had to go on the field with another responsibility. I felt like I was playing, not just for my team, but for my race.
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I'm not good at multi-tasking.
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I don't do the whole, 'Put my name on it, make me famous' thing.
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I think, more than anything else, my dog's death has made me grow up. I find myself thinking about the world in a more serious way.
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Mass consumption, advertising, and mass art are a corporate Frankenstein; while they reinforce the system, they also undermine it.
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The sad thing is, people don't want to believe that the person they're in love with is out of his mind, drinking and using, so if you give them even half an excuse, they're going to want to believe it.
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There's this idea that somebody's job could be more important than somebody else's, and to me, that's not true.
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Phone screens are too small to properly appreciate YouTube videos.
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I stole every nickel and blew it on fine threads, luxurious lodgings, fantastic foxes, and other sensual goodies. I partied in every capital in Europe and basked on all the world's most famous beaches.
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You have to be a well-rounded leader. You can't fly by the seat of your pants anymore. You have to be incredibly tough-minded about standards of performance, but you also have to be incredibly tenderhearted with the people you're working with.
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If you're not pushing your own technique to its own limits with the risk that it might just crumble at any moment, then you're not really doing your job.
