Nicholas Parsons Quotes
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If you were black, you experienced prejudice. It wasn't a real horrible thing for us; we went through it. We noticed it mostly in the South and in Las Vegas, where we couldn't stay in the hotels where we entertained. But that began to change.
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Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
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Even in this globalised world, London is still the standard for our times. The city has embraced the world's diversity and represents the finest in human achievements.
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But Charlie, Charlie, how can we ever really know anything? Charlie, what or who is God?
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Who said that artists should sell their soul, expose everything about themselves?
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And it was then that I realized wow, I'm able to write lyrics and sing and stuff like that.
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My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.
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If you take away the gift of reading, you create the gift of listening.
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I've learned never say never.
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It is in fact agreed that I am the plague, the cholera of the benevolent and generous men who are interested in art and that, when I show myself with my plasters, even the Emperor of the Sahara would flee.
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The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.
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Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
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If you want to wear long hair or wear that dress, as long as you're not hurting yourself or anybody else, I say do it. If you want to go out and have a romantic, sexy affair, do it.
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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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My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
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First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.
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Only buy clothes that you plan to keep forever. It's important to see trends for what they are: a game.
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The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles.
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As a kid, before I could play music, I remember baseball being the one thing that could always make me happy.
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Change is inevitable. Things absolutely cannot stay the same. The type of change we invoke is up to each and every one of us.
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Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth... these are one and the same fight. We must connect the dots between climate change, water scarcity, energy shortages, global health, food security and women's empowerment. Solutions to one problem must be solutions for all.
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A living thing is distinguished from a dead thing by the multiplicity of the changes at any moment taking place in it.
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People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
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I make a living out of being pompous! Why should I change?
