Nikki Grimes Quotes
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Age is just a number. Unless, that is, you live in Hollywood, where there's this notion that if you haven't hit it big by your 20s, you may as well hit the road.
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We had something very special in the Faces. We were blessed to have the fun we had.
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Balance is so important in our lives. In our busy world, we can give ourselves balance between thinking and feeling.
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I kept my babies fed. I could have dumped them, but I didn't. I decided that whatever trip I was on, they were going with me. You're looking at a real daddy.
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I have three boys, so I live in a household full of testosterone.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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I was getting a little bored with my hair. It's kind of a symbolic thing, just getting rid of the past, moving forward. It's amazing what a reaction you get when you cut your hair.
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I know what it feels like to be a victim of domestic violence.
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I'm an academic. I teach at the university, and that's where I will go back to.
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I started writing about New York as soon as I arrived. I was 19. I used to write short stories and send them out.
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Give me an 18-hour day on set or in the theater, and I will be the happiest person alive.
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There's a lot of instant spotlight and pressure when it comes to a Bond song.
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The press called me a billionaire, and my wife came up and said I must be squirreling money away.
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Failure means a stripping away of the inessential.
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I would break a lot of cymbals. You whack the cymbals hard enough, and they will crack in half. Drums are not actually as sturdy as they look. They're actually somewhat fragile instruments.
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With the first 'Hatchet,' I had an epic battle with the ratings board. They kept giving the movie an NC-17. There is absolutely no way that movie should have gotten an NC-17. All the gore in it is so ridiculous and over-the-top that you can't take it seriously.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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I think that from the time you start playing sports as a child you see that your responsibility to your team is to play the best that you can play as an individual... and yet, not take anything away from being part of a team.
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'All stories are true,' Skarpi said. 'But this one really happened, if that’s what you mean.' He took another slow drink, then smiled again, his bright eyes dancing. 'More or less. You have to be a bit of a liar to tell a story the right way. Too much truth confuses the facts. Too much honesty makes you sound insincere.'
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Le feu qui semble éteint souvent dort sous la cendre.
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Humor can inform and break down stigma, which is a huge issue in the military.
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Reality has always attracted me like a magnet; it tortured and hypnotized me. I wanted to capture it on paper.
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I saw a star slide down the sky Blinding the north as it went by Too buring and too quick to hold Too lovely to be bought or sold Good only to make wishes on And then forever to be gone
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If a dream is in your heart, you never lose it.
