Nicholas Evans Quotes
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I don't pretend to be anything but an actor and a writer.
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I'm a total people pleaser.
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One of the biggest problems with the modern feminist movement is its failure to bring men along with us.
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I respect music, I do. I love it.
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Even a purely moral act that has no hope of any immediate and visible political effect can gradually and indirectly, over time, gain in political significance.
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I have always hated slavery, I think, as much as any abolitionist. I have been an Old Line Whig. I have always hated it, but I have always been quiet about it until this new era of the introduction of the Nebraska Bill began.
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Any athlete has massive reserves in their body and their emotional landscape.
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I was always a bit different. I had a very happy childhood, but I could never hang on to mates.
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Where I live, nobody who's fourteen is having sex and doing major drugs. And I think if you see it in the movies, you may be influenced by it. I think it's so important to preserve your innocence.
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I'm slightly unsure as to what my goal is. I just keep doing jobs.
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I wish I had given more time to learning classical singing.
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I've directed enough in the theatre and a couple of films to know that - to feel fairly secure that if I find a story that I really like I can probably get it done somewhat.
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My father put it right when he said: 'I don't get ulcers. I give ulcers.'
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The minute I understand a man, he is no longer exciting and a challenge to me. And the last thing in the world I want is for a man to understand me and know what's always going on inside my head. It takes away from all my mystery, which, as I've told you before, is the most important thing between a man and a woman.
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The use of violence in movies is a subject that's worth addressing. I'm not standing on a soapbox or wagging a finger, but I'm interested in those subjects for sure.
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I know there's more to life than making lots of money and being successful and even getting married and having a family.
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I understood public relations and always maintained a high profile.
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But there's one thing we must all be clear about: terrorism is not the pursuit of legitimate goals by some sort of illegitimate means. Whatever the murderers may be trying to achieve, creating a better world certainly isn't one of their goals. Instead they are out to murder innocent people.
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Always recognize that human individuals are ends, and do not use them as means to your end.
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What does not kill me makes me stronger.
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Renouncing the worldly pleasures is a comfort for both the human heart and body.
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My mum was very conscious about fashion, and my dad was born into the tailoring tradition, so fashion has always been my life, although now, really, I wear the same thing - just in different weights - light and heavy cashmere in winter and cotton in summer. And jeans.
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There was death at its beginning as there would be death again at its end.
