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 am not thinking about life after football, but I know it will be another life, another 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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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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The corporate system dictates what gets made, and the movies are so bad because of the economic structure of Hollywood. The big business takeover of Hollywood is at fault rather than American storytellers - it's what keeps textured movies from getting made.
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I've been looking to do TV for a while. I've always done guest starring stuff. I've done a couple of multi-episode arcs, and I've always loved the experience.
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You can't be faulted for being selfish if you're going to get better because of it.
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I go once a year to the Serengeti to see the wildebeest migrations because that means a lot to me, but I avoid Olduvai if I can because it is a ruin. It is most depressing.
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People stop buying things, and that is how you turn a slowdown into a recession.
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The biggest thing I've had to overcome was clinical depression. Your mind is the most powerful weapon you have once you can get control of your mind... I had to stop hearing the negative voices where Jennifer was not worthy of love or living.
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High-level actors can be all about their close-ups and the size of their trailers. I'd heard these horror stories of how a really powerful actor can come in and change your script.
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I'm doing exactly what I want to do, and I'm having fun doing it.
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We establish no religion in this country, nor will we ever. But we poison our society when we remove its theological underpinnings. We court corruption when we leave society devoid of belief.
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For the state by its nature claims sovereignty, the right to an unlimited development of power, determined only by self-interest. It is by nature anarchistic.
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Actually, the funny thing is, after all these years, I've got all these new songs to learn for the show we're doing at Joe's Pub, so it's kind of fun to get down and rehearse new things, and also rethink some of the older songs, how we're going to do them.
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I also have a soft spot for spicy chicken wings. They are always best eaten at dives and sports bars, like Wogie's in the West Village, New York City, near my house.
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But my mom was a pianist, and she taught piano out of her house. I was just so excited, being a little kid and having all these other kids come to my house twice a week. I thought it was a big party.
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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.
