Nigella Lawson (Nigella Lucy Lawson) Quotes
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At 93, so deep in dementia that she didn't remember any details of her life, my mother somehow still knew songs.
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Time is the ultimate long tail. Even with a big wad of money up front, if something sells forever, the back end is what ultimately counts.
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In the modern era, our nation experienced constant hardship and difficulties. The Chinese nation reached the most dangerous period. Since then, countless people with lofty ideals to realise the great revival of the Chinese nation rose to resist and fight, but failed one time after another.
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The truth is, I have more money than I'm interested in spending. Everyone in my family is taken care of.
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When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.
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I used to like to set different film clips to classical music, not even my own songs, but make little movies.
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I was in a convent for a year.
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I care about being creative and expressing myself.
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I don't use labels a lot.
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I think it's a mistake to work on success in career. I've worked on my passions obsessively. How can I say what I want to say more precisely than the last time I said it? Success is such an elusive concept. When you work for it, I think you get it in a way you might regret it.
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Everybody thinks they know what art should be. But very few of them have the sense that is necessary to experience painting, that is the sense of sight, that sees colors and forms as living reality in the picture.
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I came from a wealthy family. I made over my share of the estate to various charities.
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My waist used to be tiny. I just saw a picture of Miley Cyrus with a little crop top and low pants, and I'm like, 'That was me growing up in Brazil!' I had the typical model body, but after babies, it changed. I look more like a woman.
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I have to be socially aware; I feel like that's my job.
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We live in a world of instant gratification, the world of the quick fix.
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Looking back, my life seems like one long obstacle race, with me as the chief obstacle.
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It's important to know what motivates you, not what motivates somebody else.
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The world is going on a high-speed connection; the Arab revolution is still dial-up. So we have to give it a little time to download. Regimes come and go, but art endures.
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Oscar Hammerstein was a surrogate father. I liked my father a lot, he was a swell fellow, but I didn’t see him very often because my mother was bitter about him and did everything she could to prevent me from seeing him.
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One thing you can't do with babies, you can't give them steak.
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[On reading:] It is almost the only inexhaustible pleasure.
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Empty vessels can give nothing more than empty advice
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Each runner's capacity to absorb hard training is different. Find your own unique level of comfort and success will be yours.
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It s easier to impress someone than to give them pleasure.
