Nancy L. Zimpher Quotes
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I've always liked stories. I'm always reading, ever since I was a kid. I've always been reading and wanting to be in some other world. This is the perfect job for me.
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Do we really want to continue to push out the envelope of survival only to see other things crop up that we may not like?
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Getting your writing criticized can be a lot like getting skinned, and you respond to it just as enthusiastically.
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Vanity can create a very cruel space for you if you don't know how to manage it.
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Everywhere your eye travels in your home, it should land on something that resonates with you.
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I was born a proud daughter of Pakistan, though like all Swatis I thought of myself first as a Swati and Pashtun, before Pakistani.
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I'd love to play a Bond villain. Yeah, I'd love to play a Bond villain. Everyone always says this to me; they always say, 'You've got to be a Bond villain', 'We're going to make you a Bond villain...' But they've never, ever approached me, I've never had a whiff of it. I think I'd love to play a Bond villain; I'd have great fun.
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I love doing every role I do!
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I felt that a number of people might have questioned my loyalty, but I continue to be a patriotic American.
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New York felt to me like what America should be - a representation of the world in this small pocket.
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My second album was written while I was on the road promoting the first record. I tried to take my personal experiences and elevate them to universal experiences, so that I wasn't writing songs about living on a tour bus or being on a TV set for the first time.
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I do not diminish the incredible symbolic importance of a black man getting elected president. But my euphoria was a smart guy getting elected president. Maybe for the first time in my lifetime we had elected one of the thousand smartest Americans president.
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I have a skepticism toward romance. I believe that decency and companionship are, in the long run, more important in life.
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Sometimes I can see the whole painting from the outset in my mind's eye. But more often than not, that idea doesn't last the duration of the painting. Sometimes it comes out easy, just as I had envisaged. But that is reasonably rare.
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As I enter a new phase of life and my circle broadens, I start learning new things.
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The whole 'School of Rock' experience was really cool, and just meeting new people from all over.
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My closet is organized by tops, pants, and outerwear, but not a lot of dresses. Gowns are in another room because I don't often dress formally, even though I design gowns. Like most designers, I have a uniform, and mine is a legging.
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You want your kids to grow with the right culture and values, and the toughest part would be finding out how to instill those values in your kids.
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I'll continue doing horror until the day I die. I love it; it's so much fun.
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To be honest, I don't know really what I do on stage.
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I haven't been on too many winning teams - in Oakland, we were in first place most of the year, and it was pretty fun, pretty exciting.
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Education reforms must be the priority for governments.
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You should create a work that is so valuable it might eventually sell at a high price, but you've got to concentrate on how you create that artwork.
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We make no apologies for setting high standards.
