Nancy Knowlton Quotes
The ocean, at least beyond the surf zone, is out of sight and out of mind for most people.
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Sometimes 'Rookie' is written about like, 'Finally! Something for alternative girls!' and I'm like, 'No!' Obviously it's not for everyone, but I used to think that there are cheerleaders, and there are art kids.
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Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest.
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I wish I had come along when the studios were making those big musical pictures. It would be great to do re-makes of some of the old ones like 'Porgy and Bess' or 'Showboat.' I'd love to do 'em.
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I think, in Spain, they are too used to reaching the limits of democracy and then stepping over them.
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I was always able to get money, but now it's a little bit more money, and I manage the same way. I just want to see my family do better.
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The psychological trauma of losing a job can be as great as the trauma of a divorce.
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One false word, one extra word, and somebody's thinking about how they have to buy paper towels at the store. Brevity is very important. If you're going to be longwinded, it should be for a purpose. Not just because you like your words.
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But the exposure we got by doing the stint with Nine Inch Nails brought us a lot of attention.
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My mom raised me to be clean, so it's in my nature. I have two little girls, and I'm married, but we've got a nanny and a maid.
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I've always been acutely aware of differences and the way you are supposed to act if you want to be popular.
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Just having the internet is a weird and dangerous thing because people become accustomed to knowing things when they want to know them and not having to work for it. I definitely see the value in not knowing everything and having mystery in life and mystery in people.
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I love to interview outrageous people who speak their minds; also, people who have some kind of mystery attached to them.
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To act is to rest.
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In manufacturing, we try to stamp out variance. With people, variance is everything.
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The story wrote quickly. I called it 'Where You're From,' and I sent it out, as I had numerous other stories over the years. Except this time I got a letter back saying that it would be published. Someone out there had liked the story. I was thirty-one years old.
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I would largely attribute my identity - as it relates to music labels and corporate music giants - to Dave Chappelle and his relationship to and firm standing in Hollywood.
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If you put the collections together, whether it's Rick Owens, Alexander Wang, or whomever, sometimes they do streetwear, but they're never called that. They're always called 'sportswear' or 'high-end' or 'luxury.' I feel like I'm tossed into that streetwear category so that I don't exist in this space.
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I think it's always great to not be the smartest person in the room because I don't want to ever feel like I can't improve upon what I'm doing. I just want to surround myself with people that are better actors than me and better singers and dancers and see what happens.
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I finished by saying that it struck me that all the ethical systems I was discussing were after the fact. That is, that people act as they are disposed to, but they like to feel afterwards that they were right and so they invent systems that approve of their dispositions.
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Your work is carved out of agony as a statue is carved out of marble.
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You've got to pay me to leave my house, spend the night in hotels and fly in airplanes. That's what I get paid for. Playing I actually do for free.
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Whether it's 18 years old or 40 years old, we think we know what's going on. But if you're lucky enough to continue the journey, its amazing how we keep learning how much we didn't know.
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The ocean, at least beyond the surf zone, is out of sight and out of mind for most people.
