Nina Blackwood Quotes
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I grew up in a very large, poor family.
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My great-grandchildren will not be able to enjoy the Gulf Coast of Louisiana the way I have.
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Playing hard to get is not the way to win me over. I'm definitely more for the girl who can smile and laugh all the time and just have a good time!
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Don't ally your personal interests with the development of the company.
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If you wanted to show a mirror to people that says, 'You've been drunk on money,' they're not going to want to see it. But if you reflected that mirror on another time they'd be willing to. People will need an explanation of where we are and where we've been, and 'The Great Gatsby' can provide that explanation.
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I wouldn't be happy had I only been a teacher, if all I had done was help young people, frankly. I don't get nearly the joy teaching as I do out of creation.
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The word is the Verb, and the Verb is God.
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My father usually does not talk to me about my films, and it was a pleasant moment when he appreciated me the first time.
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I don't see a lot of nature in L.A. Then again, I don't see a lot when I go back to St. Louis, either.
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I don't wanna be Courtney Love - I wanna be Kurt Cobain.
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A wind has blown the rain away and blown the sky away and all the leaves away, and the trees stand. I think, I too, have known autumn too long.
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A thing that happens to migrants is that they lose many of the traditional things which root identity, which root the self.
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English, as a subject, never really got over its upstart nature. It tries to bulk itself up with hopeless jargon and specious complexity, tries to imitate subjects it can never be.
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I take mentoring very seriously and as a result I hardly get any work done during the school year.
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I'm one of five kids and we lived on a massive farm in New South Wales with my mum and dad.
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For me to own land in Detroit, it was a badge of honor, and it was support for the city.
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As we were all growing up, there used to be a very big mantra in India which was called 'export or perish.' There was a long period when we used to focus on import substitution.
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Philanthropy without scale and sustainability is like any other bad business that will simply wither and die on the vine.
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It used to upset me - now it makes me sad - to see people use patriotism and our troops as a pawn in their political argument. Because I know personally, growing up in a military family, the sacrifice that is made on a daily basis.
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We're getting dumbed down, taste-wise.
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Once you’ve lived a little you will find that whatever you send out into the world comes back to you in one way or another. It may be today, tomorrow, or years from now, but it happens; usually when you least expect it, usually in a form that’s pretty different from the original. Those coincidental moments that change your life seem random at the time but I don’t think they are. At least that’s how it’s worked out in my life. And I know I’m not the only one.
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To me, a critic is some loser who has no idea... someone with an opinion. We all have opinions. No offense, but what makes them dictate what is cool and what is not.
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I'm not really as cool and collected as 'Mrs. Funnybones', but she is the woman I want to be.
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Interviewing people is pretty natural for me.
