Nancy Lancaster Quotes
In restoring a house one must first realize its period, feel its personality and try to bring out its good points.
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I don't want my writing to be work to read. My main goal is completely shameless entertainment. I want people to smile and giggle and enjoy the book. I'm not trying to save the world through literature.
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I am not thinking about life after football, but I know it will be another life, another world.
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You can cage the singer but not the song.
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Individuals want to know that none of their own money is being invested in companies that put their profits ahead of international security.
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'Orange Is the New Black' and 'Sense8' have enjoyed great success all over the world.
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When I was 15, I worked as a bag boy in a grocery store. I also needed to walk old ladies to their car and put their bags in the car, and they would give me two dollars. I felt like the richest man in the world.
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It takes a lot of courage to face up to things you can't do because we feed ourselves so much denial.
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You've got to be yourself, and if you're not, you're a phony. It comes shining through if you're not careful.
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I didn't have any agent; I've never had an agent.
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It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.
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A general definition of civilization: a civilized society is exhibiting the five qualities of truth, beauty, adventure, art, peace.
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'…as the cinema shows us, they are much more accessible and, for that matter, much more wanton than our own women'
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People love talking of their diseases, although they are the most uninteresting things in their lives.
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I'm just happy I got a hole-in-one for the first time in my life.
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Firemen can do almost everything. You already trust them in life-threatening situations; why not let them help you with your everyday problems, too?
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Watching television is like taking black spray paint to your third eye.
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I have watched people who have nothing to do with the film business, but who have become part of the circle for a short period of time. They can be truly devastated when the film wraps and people leave.
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It's crazy how many nude lip crayons I own - I probably need to get rid of some.
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They say that women like a man who can make them laugh, and I find that if you can make a woman laugh on the first and second dates, then you're doing well.
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I didn't even realize that people bought contemporary art . . . that people actually paid for it.
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I brought my first fall/winter line to New York, and it was confiscated by U.S. Customs. They asked, 'What is the value of this?' I said, 'I'm not so good with existential questions.'
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When your neighbour's house is on fire, you should help with a bucket of water.
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Music was massive from an early age. My parents were huge music fans, especially soul, and they played records in our house all the time, and me and my brother and sister would dance and sing about the living room.
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In restoring a house one must first realize its period, feel its personality and try to bring out its good points.
