Nelson Searcy Quotes
Perspective is everything. If your “why” is big enough, you can deal with almost any “what.
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I think everyone should approach relationships from the perspective of playing it straight and giving someone the benefit of the doubt. Until he establishes that this is a game. And if it's a game, you need to win. The best thing to do is just walk away from the table.
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I don't deal in pretentious kids' parties.
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Death is the sanction of everything the story-teller can tell. He has borrowed his authority from death.
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Everything Michael Jackson does on stage is exactly right.
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Everything has changed, and nothing has changed more than the world of fashion.
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Even though my dad was a manager in the minor leagues, I still traveled around with him and saw it from the field out. Now, as an owner, you're kind of looking from the whole baseball activity from outside in, from a fan's perspective.
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If someone is being absolutely critical of me as a driver, what could they say? I am also critical of myself to try and keep things in perspective. That is very important.
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Do-gooders are easily overlooked. We're supposed to be soft, touchy-feely types, who wear Birkenstocks, compost everything, and write poetry by candlelight.
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Kindness, I've discovered, is everything in life.
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And then in 1956 or 1957 my family went over to Europe and I moved over with them, and immediately people in Europe thought my perspective on that issue was 100% correct.
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Men are taught that if we are not the ultimate provider, we are a complete failure. We have to be number one in everything we do. There is nothing more delusional or paralysing than what I have just described.
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I'm somewhat of a hoarder. I keep everything.
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From a relationship perspective, givers build deeper and broader connections.
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It is easy to react if everything is going great.
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My stories deal with multicultural situations as well as multigenerational settings.
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I did comedies for 10 years and I learned a great deal.
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All psychological research is completely barred by the interpretations of the psychoanalysts. Everything happens in the unconscious, and I don't know what this unconscious is.
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There is not an issue that a woman cannot bring a perspective to.
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I'm the glue that holds everything together.
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The art of music is so deep and profound that to approach it very seriously only is not enough. One must approach music with a serious rigor and, at the same time, with a great, affectionate joy.
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I think in any industry, it is competitive. There are a certain number of slots out there and opportunities out there. So you need to make sure that you're always on the top of your toes, trying to get better.
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I actually wanted to be a doctor. But doing all those horrid rat dissections made me faint. I studied science till the 12th standard and later took up commerce. I was planning to do chartered accountancy, but fate had something else in store for me.
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Perspective is everything. If your “why” is big enough, you can deal with almost any “what.
