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.

  

  Ralph Norman
  • Great
  • Believe
  • House

• 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.

  

  Nathan Fillion
  • People
  • Guy
  • Want

• Jean Piaget observed that scarcely any question seems absurd to a child, but he was silent on the question of absurd answers from adults.

  

  Nancy Willard
  • Question
  • Child
  • Silent

• Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.

  

  Yvette Nicole Brown
  • God
  • You
  • White

• Only Arab Israel, the land of Israel, is our true homeland.

  

  Yitzhak Shamir
  • True
  • Land
  • Israel

• 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.

  

  Tariq Ali
  • World
  • Experience
  • Political

• I don't back down. I don't cave when the pressure gets too great from these partisan political ideological forces.

  

  Dan Rather
  • Great
  • Political
  • Pressure

• 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.

  

  Parker Posey
  • Work
  • Experience
  • Movie

• I'm rooting for Saudi Arabia getting a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council.

  

  Gary Weiss
  • Human
  • Rights
  • Human Rights

• Inspiration is God making contact with itself.

  

  Ram Dass
  • God
  • Inspiration
  • Contact

• 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.

  

  Edmund White
  • America
  • Law
  • Politics

• There is nothing evil save that which perverts the mind and shackles the conscience.

  

  Saint Ambrose
  • Mind
  • Evil
  • Religion

• 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.

  

  Wally Schirra
  • Women
  • Best
  • Step

• 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.

  

  Warren Moon
  • Career
  • Team
  • Responsibility

• I'm not good at multi-tasking.

  

  Natalie Maines
  • Good

• I don't do the whole, 'Put my name on it, make me famous' thing.

  

  T-Pain
  • Me
  • Famous
  • Name

• 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.

  

  Zendaya
  • Up
  • World
  • Thinking

• Mass consumption, advertising, and mass art are a corporate Frankenstein; while they reinforce the system, they also undermine it.

  

  Ellen Willis
  • Art

• Mostly I want to talk positive; I wanna talk about a bunch of great kids that I coached and made me look good and the university that I've seen grow from a cow college, which it was, only 12,000 people, and when I came here, we weren't at Pennsylvania State University, we were at Penn State College.

  

  Joe Paterno
  • People
  • Good
  • Great

• However, while we should certainly celebrate the demise of overt official racism, we must also critically examine where we are at this historical moment, recognize the many challenges ahead and reaffirm our commitment to making Brown v. Board a reality.

  

  Ed Markey
  • Reality
  • Moment
  • Commitment

• Sleep can completely change your entire outlook on life. One good night's sleep can help you realize that you shouldn't break up with someone, or you are being too hard on your friend, or you actually will win the race or the game or get the job. Sleep helps you win at life.

  

  Amy Poehler
  • Life
  • Up
  • Good

• I've always loved War's Low Rider and Sly Stone's Thank You, and I just wanted to put my take on them.

  

  Barry White
  • War
  • Loved
  • Thank You

• Don't get me wrong: 'America's Next Top Model' is fantastic. They've done 20 seasons, so they've obviously done something right. But I think what ensures that the winner of 'The Face' will become a working model is the prize - a year-long contract with a cosmetics company is huge.

  

  Coco Rocha
  • Long
  • Done
  • America

• 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.

  

  Nigel Kennedy
  • Job
  • Moment
  • Technique