Nelson Shanks (John Nelson Shanks) Quotes
It's not just a boring exercise in pushing oil paint around a canvas. It's a way of opening a threshold to an exciting new world of vision.
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Time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.
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I love to come in and play with a wig or glasses or clothes. I love using props. I'm from the Peter Sellers school of trying to prepare for the character.
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People don't understand that all presidents, the minute they become president, get a knock at the door. And there's a man there saying, 'Let's talk about your funeral.' At the time I thought, God, that's a terrible thing. Later on, I thought it was pretty wise.
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I have a free voice. I have a free mind. I have freedom of expression.
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I think I'm a good judge of character.
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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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Growing up, my dolls were doctors and on secret missions. I had Barbie Goes Rambo.
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When you get into a car, and there's trash, or it's dirty, or one of the hubcaps is off, you're like, 'Come on, dude.' Every woman likes the confidence and self-respect that says, 'I get oil changes. I look after my vehicle.' That's what I recommend: Act like you don't care, but take care of your body.
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Spiritual practice should not be confused with grim duty. It is the laughter of the Dalai Lama and the wonder born with every child.
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Put your consumers in focus, and listen to what they're actually saying, not what they tell you.
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I like an even-keeled, slow-paced job.
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We benefit tremendously from the E.U. Britain does very well in getting back E.U. money for the amount it puts in.
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I like to read novels where the author seems knowledgeable, like someone you know you could walk calmly next to through a complicated situation, and he or she would be alive to its meaning and ironies. And you wouldn't even have to mention them out loud to each other.
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Brokenness is the operative issue of our time - broken souls, broken hearts, broken places.
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One interesting thing about jazz, or art in general, but jazz especially is such an individual art form in the sense that improvisation is such a big part of it, so it feels like it should be less soldiers in an army and more like free spirits melding. And yet, big band jazz has a real military side to it.
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I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else.
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I don't believe in God. I do believe in Judaism. I believe in ethics, morals.
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When my mum first told me she got sick, I didn't cry. I probably cried over my mum's illness twice.
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All my friends started getting boyfriends, but I didn't want a boyfriend, I wanted a thirteen-colour biro.
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'Splendour' broke through to new territory for me. It exposed my commitment to writing for women: my desire to recognise that they can be as aggressive, violent, mercurial, and complex as men.
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I've talked to people who say that their music and their creative work is a much needed and appreciated escape, where they don't have to think about the state of the world; they're not even thinking about themselves so much. They're not trying to express their own experiences of that day or relationship strife or anything.
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He was such a nice guy. And he said, Oh, I'm never going to attack. But then his poll numbers tanked. He's got - that's why he's on the end - and he got nasty. And he got nasty. So you know what? You can have him.
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'Money's not interesting - too easy to get hold of.'
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It's not just a boring exercise in pushing oil paint around a canvas. It's a way of opening a threshold to an exciting new world of vision.
