Nigel Rees Quotes
It is part of politics to make things look better than they really are. What is a spin doctor but a serial euphemiser?
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A world without Tony Randall is a world that I cannot recognize.
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I like a man who looks like a bad boy but knows how to treat a woman like a queen.
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I live in a 'sky island,' a unique mountain valley environment where half the animal species of North America can be found.
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Wikipedia is kind of extreme, where a very, very small group of people contribute pretty much everything.
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I had long hair when I was a teenager.
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To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people's views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it's also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do - bad or good.
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I seek constantly to improve my manners and graces, for they are the sugar to which all are attracted.
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I have my problems with 'Singles'. To me, 'Singles' is the least successful of the movies I've been lucky enough to make.
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Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write.
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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Wherever I go in the world, I'm treated like royalty.
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I feel like I have so many middle-aged women who look up to me.
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It's hard for me to view Baltimore outside the context of what Baltimore has always been in my mind: a violent place.
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I'd like to think you don't stop being creative once you get happy. My ultimate goal is to end up being happy. Most of the time.
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Bureaucracy kills people's ability to try new ideas.
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I stay true because whatever the project is, I'm still looking for inside of that character. It's the thing that connects him to me and to everybody else. So, the search is the same. It's to unveil the truth, and that's how I stay true, because my purpose isn't altered.
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When I'm in Senegal, I can't just sit in isolation making music. People need my help. And the Senegalese people helped create my music. It comes from the country itself.
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There is not one New York but thousands - mixed-up conurbations and microclimates with their own internal logics and charms, dreams and juxtapositions, faces and tongues.
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It's very surreal. It seems like everywhere I go, people always talk about 'Indiana Jones,' and I realized over the years it has made a huge impact on their childhoods... I feel very fortunate to be a part of this.
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A mighty good sausage stuffer was spoiled when the man became a poet.
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All dogs seem to be great linguists, according to their owners. They always understand every word that's said to them.
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The neck on which diamonds might have worthily sparkled, will look less tempting when the biting winter has hung icicles there for gems.
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It is part of politics to make things look better than they really are. What is a spin doctor but a serial euphemiser?
