Vladimir Nabokov Quotes
I see again my schoolroom in Vyra, the blue roses of the wallpaper, the open window.… Everything is as it should be, nothing will ever change, nobody will ever die.
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I am always the one who is responsible for anything bad that happens in Indian cricket. Everything that happens is because of me.
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When people say all politicians are the same, ask yourself if Obama was the same as Bush, if Francois Hollande is the same as Sarkozy. They are not. They are human beings with different views and different visions for the world.
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I still think in this country, and this might surprise you, the one thing that George Bush said as president that I do agree with, I love that phrase, 'the soft bigotry of low expectations.'
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I do my best to stay away from dairy, especially ice cream. I've become a cookie monster whenever I want to mess around and eat something cheap.
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Most actors and actresses are performative as people.
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Producing all my own songs and refusing to go to the hot producer. That's the biggest risk I've taken so far.
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Working with 50 Cent was great, you know what Im saying? It was just great to work with 50 Cent.
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It requires genius to make a good pun - some men of bright parts can't reach it.
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You can stroke people with words.
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There are a lot of eating disorders in our sport, so I try very hard not to get consumed by all that.
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I got my first Charvet knit tie when I was 15. I actually stole it from my father. I love them because you can wear them day to night. They're French and preppy and have been around since the 1800s.
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My parents had no money, but they had strong values that I've carried throughout my life - things like not going into debt, never borrowing money, never leveraging, paying your bills on time, keeping your agreements, selling customers the right things, treating employees right, and growing things.
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Violence is one of the most fun things to watch.
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I don't want to be a poster child for cancer.
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If your kitchen smells good, your food lost something.
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It is just as important to set apart time for the development of our aesthetic faculties as for cultivating the money-getting instinct. A man cannot live by bread alone. His higher life demands an impalpable food.
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My management team are all women. Most of the people at labels I liaise with are all women. It's pretty much all women all the time.
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I lost my confidence.
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In shallow shoals, English soles do it Goldfish in the privacy of bowls do it.
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I rarely tell anybody what they should be doing with their life.
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When people are infected by my charm, they don't see my size. My piercing deep blue eyes are distracting.
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A shot is a lever; it's all it is. You don't open a car door differently each time. A car door is efficient - it opens and closes. So is a shot.
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As you get older, you start to understand you have to do what you need to do.
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I see again my schoolroom in Vyra, the blue roses of the wallpaper, the open window.… Everything is as it should be, nothing will ever change, nobody will ever die.
