Nancy Spain Quotes
The world of books: romantic, idle, shiftless world so beautiful, so cheap compared with living.
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If large numbers of people believe they have no shot at a better life in the future, they will work less hard and generate fewer new ideas and businesses. The economy, as a whole, will be poorer.
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Women often have a great need to portray themselves as sympathetic and pleasing, but we're also dark people with dark thoughts.
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I try to live my life in a holistic way, show that all of it intersects because I'm coming from the same place. Now, at the core of it, I'm just trying to connect and be there, so I'm trying to be there for my family, my wife, my kids, my friends.
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Democrats and Republicans have been very keen to make home ownership almost a national purpose.
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I'm here today because I hated everything else.
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My first published work was when I was 19, in 'Playgirl.' It was an odd experience but exciting.
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When I was younger, I was insecure for about 10 years: I wore glasses, had a cow's lick, buck teeth and braces. I looked ridiculous.
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It's quite absurd to act against a smoke creature that is not there.
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I love comedy because I'm naturally a very silly person.
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I started out doing theater when I was really young, and I completely fell in love with it. I knew that this was what I wanted to do.
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I got into retailing because I wanted a real job.
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Sometimes you have to step away from what you love in order to learn how to love it again.
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My main point is to be funny; if I can slip a message in there, fine.
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I've got two small kids. I want to make sure they grow up to be good people. Do they treat people well? Are they kind?
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How strange a thing like that happens to a man. He dabbles in something and does not realise that it is his life.
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I'm one of five kids and we lived on a massive farm in New South Wales with my mum and dad.
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Nobody ever told me, 'Art is this.' This was good luck in a way because I would have had to spend half of my life forgetting everything that I had been told, which is what happens with most students in schools of fine arts.
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I'm never home. I miss birthdays. I miss holidays. I miss anniversaries. I miss special moments. I'm not always there for important times, because I'm out on the road trying to make people laugh. I give up my privacy. I give up the ability to walk somewhere and relax.
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'A Passage To India' by E. M. Forster - It opened my mind to a world I'd never known before.
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Working with Prince, it's kind of like he's opened up this whole new world, especially with the horn players. And I'm like, 'Man, only if I had strings on this album, too.' And I'm like, 'I wish I had an orchestra.' So I just, you know - I just wonder what's next, you know. I just want to constantly push myself for more.
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I can only wait for the final amnesia, the one that can erase an entire life.
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Trouble is a sieve through which we sift our acquaintances. Those too big to pass through are our friends.
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The world of books: romantic, idle, shiftless world so beautiful, so cheap compared with living.
