William Nicholson Quotes
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What brought mass innovation to a nation was not scientific advances - its own or others' - but 'economic dynamism': the desire and the space to innovate.
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EVOO is extra-virgin olive oil. I first coined 'EVOO' on my cooking show because saying 'extra virgin olive oil' over and over was wordy, and I'm an impatient girl - that's why I make 30-minute meals!
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But now that I'm a blonde, guys are so blatant about coming on to me.
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A mind which really lays hold of a subject is not easily detached from it.
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From a very young age, I wanted to get up on stage whenever I went to the theatre - the actors just seemed to be having so much fun. One of my worries about theatre, in fact, is that the actors are quite often having more fun than the audience.
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I have had an amazing career for a man who hits things for a living.
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It goes without saying that it's hard to attain a certain level of success.
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My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.
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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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Art is that which comes to a man, and stands between himself and an implacable witness: the work.
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The physical ego serves as its own worst enemy when, by delusive material behavior, it eclipses its true nature as the ever blessed soul.
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Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.
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One must act in painting as in life, directly.
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But there's a huge blessing that comes from being a part of a show like 'The Cosby Show' that sets such a high standard of quality - it touched so many people on so many different levels.
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I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.
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If it's accessible by hundreds of millions of people, then it's as mainstream as it gets.
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As a child or young adult going through an illness, it can be stressful at times and boring and extremely alienating.
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I haven't had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.
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When I was younger, I was really anti-Hollywood. Now I'm more accepting of it because I'm less of a snob.
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Mom always told us to wear pretty, matching underwear.
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The curse of comic book adaptations, when I was younger, was that the director or producer would go, "Don't worry about it, it's just a comic book."
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I have become so used to having people say, 'We loved your movie' instead of 'We read your book' that now I merely say, 'Thanks.'
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We took risks. We knew we took them. Things have come out against us. We have no cause for complaint.
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We read to know we're not alone.
