Nikki Sixx (Frank Carlton Serafino Feranna, Jr.) Quotes

President George Washington used to wear a wig and make-up. I mean, c'mon, if he could do it, I can do it.

Nikki Sixx Mötley Crüe

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• When you give a lot of confidence in people and you don't get it back, you are a bit disappointed, but it's life.

  

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• Ice shelves in general have episodic carvings and there can be large icebergs breaking off - I'm talking 100km or 200km long - every 10 or 20 or 50 years.

  

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• I'm tired of fighting. I've always known that I can't be an action star all my life.

  

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• I was interested in theatre and media and came to Mumbai to get a job. I imagined that the film industry would be a white building with producers sitting in different rooms, and you could walk in and meet them, and they would interview you and select you.

  

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• If you have a dream, it's definitely achievable through hard work, through dedication, sacrifice, everything.

  

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• People are so complex and multidimensional that raising someone to 'hero' status is too great a simplification.

  

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• Most of the memorable events I have myself been exercised in; and, for the satisfaction of the public, will briefly relate the circumstances of my adventures, and scenes of life, from my first movement to this country until this day.

  

  Daniel Boone
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• I think Michael Moore is a hero.

  

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• I'm fascinated by the period that goes from the Industrial Revolution to right after World War II. There's something about that period that's epic and tragic.

  

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• I'm a comedian, and I have my share of anxiety and depression; so do most of my friends. My humor tends to lie in the juxtaposition of extreme lightness - I'm a huge musical-theater fan - and extreme darkness. And so I really like playing with those because that's how I feel.

  

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• A secure pluralistic society requires communities that are educated and confident both in the identity and depth of their own traditions and in those of their neighbours.

  

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• It's a new world, Arcane...It's full of shopping malls...and striplights and software. The dark corners are being pushed back...a little more every day.We're things of the shadow, you and I...And there isn't as much shadow...as there used to be..

  

  Alan Moore
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• A dark and terrible side of this sense of community of interests is the fear of a horrible common destiny which in these days of atomic weapons darkens men's minds all around the globe.

  

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• Seven years ago, my father and I realized that our relationship was extremely unique, especially in the African-American community. He raised me to not only understand the fundamentals of basketball and to try to be a player with a high basketball IQ, but he wanted me to understand that my image and my name meant more than stats.

  

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• Pay-Per-View is run by drama. It is. It's true. I've done the research for myself. You look at Jon Jones. When Jon Jones fought Machida, probably did about $200,000, $300,000. When he fought Cormier, they made, like, $875,000.

  

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• I cannot believe that the American people and the people they elected would use the Constitution to stifle any group's rights.

  

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• Dull words are what make many bright sentences shine. They do not call attention to themselves.

  

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• I grew up in the '70s and '80s, at a time that I'd argue was the absolute golden age of American popular culture. Because not only did we have all of the fantastic new stuff in print and on screens, but we had a constant supply of everything that came before, as well.

  

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• I love watching action. I remember watching Angelina Jolie in 'Tomb Raider,' and I was like 'Wow, it's so cool when a girl can go around and kick butt.'

  

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• Mix your drinks, and it's best not to cry over spilt milk, but put it back in the bottle.

  

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• In the evening, I use a cleansing oil - coconut oil also works - to remove makeup.

  

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• I had this roommate in college who would get up almost 2 hours before class to do hair and makeup. That's not for me.

  

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• President George Washington used to wear a wig and make-up. I mean, c'mon, if he could do it, I can do it.

  

  Nikki Sixx Mötley Crüe
  • Makeup
  • Wear
  • President George Washington