William Nicholson Quotes
My study is a converted garage which is largely lined with bookshelves and cardboard boxes filled with manuscripts of my film scripts, plays and books.
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I never eat where the hotel recommends. I do my own research and then try the most highly rated options.
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I look at 'Death Proof' and realize I had too much time.
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Every writer I know got their start in a library somewhere. We read a book, and we thought, 'I want to do that.'
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I'm regularly speaking at London Business School and Harvard Business School. They're the next generation of leaders in the fashion industry.
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There are films like 'Interstellar' where you cannot replicate the experience of seeing it in IMAX - it's an amazing film presented in a spectacular way. It really is an experience, like going to Disneyland, and you can't replicate that by watching home videos of going to Disneyland.
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In the '80 Olympics... people expected me to win. I was good enough to win, and I made a mistake and ended up second, which is pretty good, too.
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As long as I am nothing but a ghost of the civil dead, I can do nothing.
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The director had come to Madrid to court me.
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I always like to sing barefoot.
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The Central Bank should have a permanent window for discounting high quality securities where banks could go and discount these. It gives peace of mind to the banks. In the absence of this facility, what banks tend to do is to keep a liquidity cushion for emergency requirements. This is a very expensive way of managing liquidity.
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All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance of original justice.
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I wouldn't say I was bullied, but I was definitely a bit of an outcast. It was more the kids thinking I thought I was cool. I started homeschooling in fifth grade, and I was much happier.
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William Shatner has one style. We have completely contrasting personalities. We're very good friends. I adore him, but we're very different people, so they were smart enough to write characters that reflected that.
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Back in the day, I used to read 'Archie,' but I haven't been a comic book aficionado.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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When I was little, I guess I was just an ordinary kid. But then things changed when I was in junior high. You know, kids that become geeks become one because of something. Like, they aren't good at sports, or girls don't like them. I, too, for some reason, got into things like science fiction and, well, especially science fiction as an escape.
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I'm not one of these million-dollar actors. I have always been just a working actor. I probably work more than I would like to.
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The paradox of being in an industry where other people are usually the gatekeepers: publishers, editors - there are a lot of barriers to having control over your career. But coming out of hip-hop, the mindset was always to create your own.
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I want to run with the best, that's how I've always lived.
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I have been a good theatre artiste since my school and college days, but when I participated in 'Cine Stars Ki Khoj,' I realised that I could touch people's hearts when I performed.
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Ice-skating is a dangerous proposition and tennis is going to be something I'm probably not very good at.
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It is quite surreal having a film made about your life. The whole process of turning real life into drama is interesting in itself, but even more so when it is your own life being put into the narrative forge.
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My study is a converted garage which is largely lined with bookshelves and cardboard boxes filled with manuscripts of my film scripts, plays and books.
