Nelson W. Aldrich Quotes
Boozing does not necessarily have to go hand in hand with being a writer. . .I therefore solemnly declare to all young men trying to become writers that they do not actually have to become drunkards first.
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For me, it's better to live without looking over your shoulder, worrying about who is controlling your phone, maybe poisoning your food.
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Before I was 5, I did have a lot of time on my hands. I had no job and really no career, and I spent an awful lot of time listening to records. It was more the classical ones, really - Prokofiev, and I think there was some Mozart in there, and more impressionistic composers like Delius.
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I can now say that the more I learnt about Islam, the more tolerant I became.
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Sling your guitar to wherever you're going, and you'll be amazed by the connective power of music: It knows no boundaries, cultures or class.
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The diverse sound of my music makes it a good fit for that demographic.
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Poetry is emotion, passion, love, grief - everything that is human. It is not for zombies by zombies.
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Moving from Wales to Italy is like moving to a different country.
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I am fighting my natural body shape to do what I do.
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When it comes to working out, I really don't like the gym. I go because I have to, but I'm usually not happy about it. I do what my trainer and coaches tell me to do, but I'm always anxious to get outside.
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My daughter and stepson are really broad-minded.
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I'd love to drive a Bugatti - something totally ridiculous but super fast.
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I wasn't into sports, but I was really into Shakespeare.
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It's all about exploring the more unpredictable aspects in the character, not just fighting people.
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The mind is the effect, not the cause.
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As I mentioned, I was a carpenter for a time.
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If the KKK was smart enough, they would've created gangsta rap because it's such a caricature of black culture and black masculinity.
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I knew that I wanted to be a writer even before I knew exactly what being a writer entailed.
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I like retirement.
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Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
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I do confess to being the exasperated, bossy, know-it-all, overachieving big sister.
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One good thing about being young is that you're not experienced enough to know what can't be done.
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Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence and deem them like the Ark of the Covenant, too sacred to be touched. They ascribe to men of the preceding age a wisdom more than human and suppose what they did to be beyond amendment.
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Boozing does not necessarily have to go hand in hand with being a writer. . .I therefore solemnly declare to all young men trying to become writers that they do not actually have to become drunkards first.
