Nicholas Nixon Quotes
People will do terrific things in it, and it’s maybe better for color now. But I’m not interested in the way this work looks. So much is changed—veracity is lost. The quality of witness is compromised.
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There are times in my life when I just want to be by myself.
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The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.
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I always have bananas with me for energy.
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I won't say that I'm an agnostic, since agnosticism maintains that one cannot know... but I'm not averse to the idea of some intelligence or some organizing force that set up the initial conditions of the universe in such a way that ultimately generated stars, planets and life.
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There is a misconception that young Muslim women are oppressed. That simply isn't the case. I choose to dress modestly and choose to cover my hair with a hijab; not all Muslim women make that choice, and that's okay. We are all different!
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Common man is always benefited by a rate cut.
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Losing is no fun no matter who you lose to.
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We all self-conscious. I'm just the first to admit it.
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I don't smoke marijuana anymore. I don't drink. Marijuana is a handicap. So is alcohol. Alcohol is a terrible handicap. But in spite of being a handicap, it shouldn't be criminal.
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My mother had early-onset Alzheimer's, and it took her four years to die. She was only 44; I was 14.
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I actually really love to work out. You need to find what you love.
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I would suggest respectfully to the president that he is not the sole decider. The decider is a shared and joint responsibility.
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The security of which we speak is to be attained by the development of international law through an international organization based on the principles of law and justice.
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I still have my bad days when I think I'm not getting everything I deserve. But those pass quickly once my Mother gets on the phone and says, 'listen, we used to eat rocks and walk 80 miles a day to school.
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I'm always searching. It's the reason I'm here. It's not really about music: it's about searching for meaning.
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If you know people, it's so much more fun working with them because it's like your family is back together again.
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One of the issues that I've raised on the Foreign Relations Committee, and I raised it when Secretary Locke came for his confirmation hearing, is, you know, it is in our benefit to develop a workable, positive formula with China.
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If a person is insane or troubled, you first have to get the person to admit that they have a problem before you can solve anything.
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I would daydream about what it would be like to be an actor. I would even do talk shows where I interviewed myself.
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Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.
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I like to use the audience as my color palette, my instrument.
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Nothing is so wearing as the possession or abuse of liberty.
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Sure I believe in God and the Devil, but they don't have to have pitchforks and a long white beard.
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People will do terrific things in it, and it’s maybe better for color now. But I’m not interested in the way this work looks. So much is changed—veracity is lost. The quality of witness is compromised.
