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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Youth doesn't need friends - it only needs crowds.
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I'm privileged to have had some success, but I've never forgotten what it was like to queue for a half-crown gallery seat for 'Oliver!' which is why I ensure that there are £20 day tickets for 'Miss Saigon' and that the balconies in my theatres are as comfortable as I can possibly make them.
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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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Everyone's curves fall in a different place. But you can't put something of mine on and not see curves.
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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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When I put my faith in Jesus Christ as my savior, and I asked him to forgive and to come into my life, and He does - from that moment forward I have established a personal relationship with God that I have to develop, you know, through Bible reading and prayer, and living my life for him.
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In several sections, both natural in the banks of the Mississippi and its numerous arms, and where artificial canals had been cut, I observed erect stumps of trees, with their roots attached, buried in strata at different heights, one over the other.
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It was a mistake. On the information we had, we shouldn't have prosecuted the war. We shouldn't have changed our argument from international law to regime change in a non-transparent way. It was an error for which we as a country paid a heavy price, and for which many people paid with their lives.
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Sometimes there are actions that we are forced to take, but there need to be boundaries beyond which we are going to recognize that we're not going to go because we still are Americans, and we are supposed to be representing something to people in this country and overseas.
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When I was a younger actor, I was pretty much solely motivated by validation. I just wanted to be told I was good and handsome and a part of the gang. It was pretty simple animal-social stuff. I don't care as much about those things anymore.
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The ocean, at least beyond the surf zone, is out of sight and out of mind for most people.
