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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I challenged things that needed to be challenged at Purdue.
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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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All good performance pieces have some philosophical validity. That's the difference between mere theater and performance art.
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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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While I'm singing complete gibberish to my son when he's in his crib, I'll occasionally think, 'This song I'm making up is actually pretty good.'
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We have received a communication from Jean le Flambeur. He claims that in precisely 57 minutes, he is going to steal a ring of Saturn.
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Waste no time with revolutions that do not remove the causes of your complaints but simply change the faces of those in charge.
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The first person who showed me that I could be a maker of music was one of my best friends. It's like, you can't see yourself doing something until you see somebody else doing it. Other people were encouraging me singing, but this was the first time that I could see myself writing songs and playing guitar.
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I make a living out of being pompous! Why should I change?
