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.
Quotes to Explore
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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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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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Going to the woods is going home, for I suppose we came from the woods originally. But in some of nature's forests, the adventurous traveler seems a feeble, unwelcome creature; wild beasts and the weather trying to kill him, the rank, tangled vegetation, armed with spears and stinging needles, barring his way and making life a hard struggle.
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As digital culture becomes more tied to the success of the platforms where it flourishes, there is always a risk of it disappearing forever.
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My name became known because I was, one might say accidentally the target of state repression and because so many people throughout the country and other parts of the world organized around the demand for my freedom.
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Denzel [Washington] just knows the actor. He knows the process, and you don't often get that.
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My willingness to explore and work freely is not without risk, and at times, I find myself caught in a bind... Knowing I can fix whatever goes wrong allows me to paint, not without thought, but without hesitation.
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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.
