Nalini Singh Quotes
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When I was about four, people used to walk up to my mom and say I should be in commercials.
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For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together. Our friends seldom profit us but they make us feel safe. Marriage is a scheme to accomplish exactly that same end.
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In the political system, we are a team; politics and bureaucracy, we are a team. The politicians, bureaucrats and the people, we are a team.
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It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer.
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I worked with the Neville Brothers for 40-some years on the highway, and up and down since I can remember - funk from New Orleans.
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Gossip can be entertaining: occasionally, I've heard the most fascinating things about myself I never knew.
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I don't want people to know what I'm actually like. It's not good for an actor.
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I received free health care.
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Corruption is in society and in every strata of society.
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I used to write bits and pieces of comedy material for various comics that were at the Windmill... as well as my film job, I was under contract, I was allowed to do that and everything.
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I don't get nothing but love. In every ghetto all over the world. Nothing but love. They respect that I came outta there and I'm doing it the right way. You can't do nothing but respect that.
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I didn't know I was compared to Elizabeth Montgomery, but I think that I'm in very good company with her.
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I don't want to set the world up for surprises.
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In Iraq, many of my female friends were architects and professionals with a lot of power during the 1980s while all the men were at war in Iran.
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To all my people back in Nashville who have been there from the start, you put your faith in me. You were there for the long haul.
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I see retirement as just another of these reinventions, another chance to do new things and be a new version of myself.
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We always hear from newspapers that while people understand the environmental challenge, they are unwilling to stomach the solutions. The trouble is, we only ever hear about the solutions from the media, and for whatever reason, they are almost always caricatured beyond recognition. If there's no appetite for green, it's not surprising.
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I would say that awards are for children. Because children need a tangible representation of their achievement. And as adults, you have to settle for the respect and admiration of your peers.
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As far as single payer, it works in Canada. It works incredibly well in Scotland.
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My advice on firing is simple: Treat that person the same way you'd want to be treated if you were in that situation. They're still a good person, just not the right fit. So how do you help them move on in a productive way that allows them to maintain their dignity?
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The journey from engineering to acting just happened. I guess some things are meant to be.
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I'm always surprised when anything about the band connects. But I love the fact that it's hard for people to understand. We've said before that it's always been a great thing to get certain people to go away thinking, 'Oh dear, she can't play the drums!' 'Fine, if you think it's all a gimmick, go away!' It weeds out people who wouldn't care anyway.
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An author frequently chooses solemn or overwhelming subjects to write about; he is so impressed at writing about Life and Death that he does not notice that he is saying nothing of the slightest importance about either.
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The Princess Mahiya, and she is mine.
