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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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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Be good at something. It makes you valuable.
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You can only do three things with your money. You can spend it. You can invest it. Or you can give it away. And if you invest it, you're really just getting more money to give away or buy something. How many things can you buy? So I don't really think there's a lot of choices.
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I hear so many startups talking about how they can raise VC instead of questioning whether they need it in the first place.
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We only had enough money really to cut 10 things and be in there for a month because it's expensive, you know. And, singer/songwriters, today are lucky if they can get a deal, you know. So, we actually worked so fast that we really cut 20 things.
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The most important thing in games isn't the designer's narrative, but the story the player creates through his experiences.
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In Europe an actor is an artist. In Hollywood, if he isn't working, he's a bum.
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The world of books: romantic, idle, shiftless world so beautiful, so cheap compared with living.
