Nina Hagen (Catharina "Nina" Hagen) Quotes
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I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.
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What clients are really interested in is honesty, plus a baseline of competence.
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Writing sessions can last an hour or sixteen hours, depending on how it's going.
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Billionaires like the Koch brothers, casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, and political puppet master Karl Rove should not be able to buy our elections. Secret money should not be able to drown out the voices of the American people and sell our Democracy to the highest bidder.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill.
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I started working for the 'NY Observer' when I was 33. After I had been writing for them for about a year and a half the editor said, 'Your stories are the most talked about stories in the 'Observer'; you should have your own column.'
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If you compare me to an actor, I'm probably one of the best boxers in the profession. But if you compare me as a boxer, I'm probably one of the best actors.
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Now, I was on drugs, and that didn't help a whole lot. He hated that. That was part of where Chet and I had problems, so I take complete blame for that.
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I want medical experiments on animals stopped. They don't do anything, and they don't work.
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In social matters, pointless conventions are not merely the bee sting of etiquette, but the snake bite of moral order.
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Our plan is what the Scottish government had with the U.K. It's an agreement to consult over the independence of Catalonia. And we will not abandon this plan until the end.
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I believe in holiness and sacredness in other people. It doesn't mean that the clouds part and I see God. That's a juvenile way of thinking about it.
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There is no black-and-white situation. It's all part of life. Highs, lows, middles.
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The way I like to start a new project is to take a cover song and make a stab at it, ideally one that has nothing to do with the people in the room.
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I always love China, especially the old China.
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Fast bowling is an art, like spin bowling.
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Capital is money, capital is commodities. By virtue of it being value, it has acquired the occult ability to add value to itself. It brings forth living offspring, or, at the least, lays golden eggs.
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I say a little prayer every time I see a race. I say a little prayer that the riders and the horses will be okay.
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Yoga makes my day better as I am less likely to fall victim to my otherwise foolish & forgetful mind.
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It's amazing how coke encompasses everything in your life. Addicts cannot confront life because they only think of their next hit. I ruined life for my parents, my sister and all my friends.
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They want me to immolate myself, and I sincerely believe that for some of them, when they see bad news from Iraq, the reaction is simply 'This will make Hitchens look bad!' I've been trying to avoid solipsism, but I've come to believe there are such people.
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I have to get my will in order. I have to get the Macondo Foundation going. I want to invest the money and resources that I've gotten from working so hard so that it's shared and it has its life beyond me.
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Life is so great every day. I am telling things every day.