Mike Nichols Quotes
The only safe thing is to take a chance. Play safe and you are dead. Taking risks is the essence of good work, and the difference between safe and bold can only be defined by yourself since no one else knows for what you are hoping when you embark on anything.
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We would be in a nasty position indeed if empirical science were the only kind of science possible.
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Some day... some day, I want to go much deeper into the human mind.
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I like to write. I love to write. But I write just for myself and my own pleasure.
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Other kids had more talent, but I was the most focused.
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I write songs about things that I'm simultaneously trying to not think about.
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Power is so pleasant that men quickly learn to be greedy in the enjoyment of it, and to flatter themselves that patriotism requires them to be imperious.
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One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach. One can collect only a few, and they are more beautiful if they are few.
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I am overly ambitious, because I realize it can be done.
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Some believe that the FBI has these phenomenal capabilities to access any information at any time - that we can get what we want, when we want it, by flipping some sort of switch. It may be true in the movies or on TV. It is simply not the case in real life.
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I think what's happening with book advances is something that most of the world just doesn't fully appreciate, especially when it comes to nonfiction, because writing a book of investigative journalism is an expensive endeavor, and the system works best if you have publishers making bets on authors.
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In choosing global corporate partners UNICEF emphasises compatibility with our core values and looks to build alliances that advance our mission of ensuring the health, education, equality and protection for all the world's children.
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If I couldn't do it, then I'd be defeated. I've got the tools to do it. I never did question my tools.
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You can spend your whole life in France without ever thinking about the Legion.
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I don't look on the Internet; it's a world of pain.
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Some writers hate to go to trials, but I love trials.
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I knew I'd end up in show business in some capacity, eventually.
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Every day is deeper and richer and more soulful.
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I have always maintained that society has no business dictating morality.
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Carlsen came with a line that was not very theoretical, trying to challenge the World Champion to play chess. [...] But Anand proved that even this obscure line is something he has studied before, and it was Carlsen that was set back.
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I've never wanted to be a star, I never wanted to be a famous person or anything like that, and I think my fans know that as well.
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Most of my songs are pretty sketchy. There's not a lot of bass sections. I don't write big bridges. Sometimes I'll try. But it's hard for me to focus that way, because I always think it's more interesting to just see what will happen next.
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I suppose the thing that really interests me is what mankind did with the big, big, big discoveries that have created our modern age.
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Nelson '...I get none of the things a man's supposed to get from a wife.'
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The only safe thing is to take a chance. Play safe and you are dead. Taking risks is the essence of good work, and the difference between safe and bold can only be defined by yourself since no one else knows for what you are hoping when you embark on anything.
