Nico Mirallegro Quotes
When I was six I entered a talent contest. I dyed my hair blond, had a chainsaw and pretended I was Eminem. The old folk weren't expecting that.
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Novels are the Socratic dialogues of our time. Practical wisdom fled from school wisdom into this liberal form.
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Oh, I'm quite the impulse buyer. Most of what I buy is stuff for my Jeep, 'cause it breaks down a lot.
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All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.
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Sometimes I panic to the point where I don't know what I'm thinking or doing. I have a full anxiety attack. I have them all the time anyway, but with auditioning, it's bad.
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I'm trying to learn the lessons of the past, but not to make speeches about the past.
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From caring comes courage.
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Even though I hadn't read a word of it, I grew up hating 'Moby-Dick.'
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For if the mystery concealed of old is made manifest to the Apostles through the prophetic writings, and if the prophets, being wise men, understood what proceeded from their own mouths, then the prophets knew what was made manifest to the Apostles.
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My parents, Gary and Patricia, let me be in my world. They never told me what I couldn't do. It helped me adapt in a positive way.
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With each book, in each place, I have to keep an ongoing map as I write because otherwise I don't know where I am.
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This idea of compassion comes to us because we're made in the image of God, who is ultimately the compassionate one.
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I thought they would never select an Eastern writer for the Nobel. I was surprised.
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It's always hard to deal with injuries mentally, but I like to think about it as a new beginning. I can't change what happened, so the focus needs to go toward healing and coming back stronger than before.
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Lunch was my favorite part at school.
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As a kid, I would push my shoulders forward in order to hide my heart from being hurt.
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I don't know that it's particularly good for my writing process, but I have gotten some very valuable writing ideas and advice through Twitter and Facebook and other social network sites.
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The little kids in the stands are going to give you a good cheer. Sometimes, that overrides the other people.
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I don't work with a stylist.
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Have great hopes and dare to go all out for them. Have great dreams and dare to live them. Have tremendous expectations and believe in them.
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The ability to portray people in still life and in motion requires the highest measure of intuition and talent.
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I think nowadays we're often sidetracked by what somebody got popular doing with all due respect to what they do, but it should be about the talent.
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Having caught a glimpse of what I might be able to do with my talent, I feel a tremendous obligation to try to fulfill it.
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When I was six I entered a talent contest. I dyed my hair blond, had a chainsaw and pretended I was Eminem. The old folk weren't expecting that.
