Nina Hagen (Catharina "Nina" Hagen) Quotes
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Forget the technique. Hit the guy across from you. Don't let somebody come in your space.
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The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.
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If you want to be a generous giver, you have to watch out for selfish takers.
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Most people want to become movie stars and I just want to be in the business. I already was a star. If I get the part of a lifetime and it blows up, then that's wonderful. But if the acting doesn't work, fine. I'll just be a producer. And if the producing doesn't work, fine. I've got a lot of other stuff.
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Seeing a man praying to Allah is enough for some people to assume he is a terrorist.
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There's only so much academic disruption that a young child can deal with before he just can't catch up.
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My father had spent years fighting cancer of the head and neck. He had numerous operations, and he was reduced and reduced and reduced. By the end, he had a growth so big under his eye that it hurt to look at him.
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In the sudden absence of husbands, fathers, brothers and beaus, white Southern women discovered a newfound freedom - one that simultaneously granted them more power in relationships and increased their likelihood of heartbreak.
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I think any actor just wants to keep working, and for me, I want to work on projects that are with fun people.
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I started skating when I was six years old.
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Women played no part in Athenian high culture. They could not vote, attend the theatre, or walk in the stoa talking philosophy. But the male orientation of Greek culture was inseparable of its genius. Athens became great not despite but because of its misogyny.
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I cannot tell how the truth may be;I say the tale as 'twas said to me.
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The instructor said, Go home and write a page tonight. And let that page come out of you - Then, it will be true.
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Everything is in a state of metamorphosis. Thou thyself art in everlasting change and in corruption to correspond; so is the whole universe.
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When Jagged Little Pill came out, I feel like I immediately went into survival mode to keep the 'overwhelm' that comes from being famous at bay. Ten years later, I have the luxury of time and distance to formally honor it.
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Babbo's menu is only four pages, but it's overwhelming - there are 20 different pastas in there, a lot of stuff. There is nothing I hate more than a useless, lazy menu with only three appetizers and four entrees.
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When I told my mother that I wanted to be an actress, she said, you can't live here and do that, and so I moved out. I was determined to prove her wrong because she was so sure that I was going to go astray. And that's the juice that kept me going.
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If we continue to cut something with each resolution, I would say we're making steady progress and sending a strong conservative message.
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I do know where I'm going and it's just a matter of finding the language to get there.
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It's such a tremendous honor to redefine what is possible and inspire people. I just want to do that as long as possible.
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Our current obsession with creativity is the result of our continued striving for immortality in an era when most people no longer believe in an afterlife.
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On 'Heaven Beside You'. **Interview with Request Magazine, February 1996.
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So long as I'm Commander-in-Chief, we will sustain the strongest military the world has ever known. When you take off the uniform, we will serve you as well as you've served us - because no one who fights for this country should have to fight for a job, or a roof over their head, or the care that they need when they come home.
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You have to see my show to believe that Im the only unique Nina Hagen on this planet.
