Nigel Rees Quotes
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Traditionally, open-minded secular liberal rationalists have not made a case for tolerance.
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Let me be the first to say I can't remember ever having a conversation about the definition of consent when I was a kid. I knew that 'no' meant 'no,' but that's it.
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Create your own visual style... let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others.
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In comparison to other women in the world, perhaps I'm seen as smaller. But I've never had a problem thinking of myself as a large woman.
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The amygdala is indeed crucial for monitoring our environment and deciding what's worth getting worked up over. Once the amygdala determines this, however, it merely trips another circuit to actually produce the panic.
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I got more bands and went on the road and turn down more movies than you would believe.
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I have a friend in New York who's a stylist and I went over to her place because she's got a lot of clothes. I basically ended up wearing most of it. So it's all stuff that I brought over.
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My father put it right when he said: 'I don't get ulcers. I give ulcers.'
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You can't satisfy everybody. I will continue to do my job until I get fired, and the only people who can fire me are my fans.
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Bradbury would have said his plots are myths and metaphors that tell stories about the human condition. That's what sets him apart from other science-fiction writers: He doesn't write about technology, but about the human heart and psyche.
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The teachers are everywhere. What is wanted is a learner.
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I wanted to compete at the highest level again - and that's the NBA.
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Greek pederasty honored the erotic magnetism of male adolescence in a way that today brings police to the door. Children are more conscious and perverse than parents like to think.
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The red-letter days, now become, to all intents and purposes, dead-letter days.
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I've tried to convince members of my party that we should not allow the hair on the backs of our necks to bristle every time somebody mentions renewable energy.
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We simply can't spend our way out of a recession.
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I make a mean pecan pie, and I have a great recipe for pralines - also using pecans. Pralines take a lot of patience, and patience is a must in the duck blind as well as in the kitchen. Good things come to those who wait.
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The idea of money being something physical is almost entirely a fiction. Sure, you can go to your ATM and pull out cash. And you can feel cash in your back pocket and have some tangible comfort there - but in reality, the majority of your money is a number on a screen.
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I'm not trying to be the highest-paid receiver in the National Football League. I've never received that, and that's not ever going to happen. So I'm fine with what I have, I make good money, and I'm happy about it.
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Warner Bros. is just this amazing historic studio that does great movies.
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I get a bit depressed if I walk into a restaurant and see shark-fin soup on the menu.
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There are good '59 Les Pauls, and there are not-so-good ones. There are ones that are just OK, that don't sustain as well.
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I think the NAACP isn't recognized enough for all of the work it does, especially in the field of law. They may have faded from view over the last couple of decades, but they are fighting the good fight.
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Democracy is too good to share with just anybody.
