Nicholas Thorburn Quotes
You're forced to step into that performer role. I can't just hide behind a synthesizer forever.
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I never allow myself to be pressured.
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I don't write about my life in my column.
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I went to boarding school from the age of eight - first to prep school, then to Eton. One thing that kind of education teaches you is community living: there's little retreat. That's why people come out of it and talk about lifelong friendships forged in the furnace.
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Movies are fun, but they're not a cure for cancer.
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When a town doesn't have a book store, it is like something is missing, and unfortunately, fewer and fewer have them.
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Our message of the day is service does not need a title.
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I have these visions of myself being thirty, thirty-five, forty having a family.
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I don't have to do anything for anyone else's benefit anymore. I just want to exceed my own expectations.
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Childhood means simplicity. Look at the world with the child's eye - it is very beautiful.
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Even when EPA subjects its science to peer review, the agency often stacks the deck of supposedly independent advisory panels by including members who are EPA grant recipients.
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We've been working our tail off and lead by that example.
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My mum's always on at me to have children and blames 'that stupid stage thing you do' for me not already having a family.
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There are very few people who have done more than one Christmas album.
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I think the fans really wanna hear the songs the way they sound on the record.
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A pig's trotter is a fantastic thing. The first night of my honeymoon in Paris, my wife fell asleep in her steak tartare, so my trotter kept me company.
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It's important to remember that, first and foremost, if not only, this is entertainment. 'The West Wing' isn't meant to be good for you.
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You don't go to church and tell the choir how to sing if you're a visitor.
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Gigi is my perfect partner. She's my best friend. She's the most fun of anyone I know, and she's also the kindest and most tolerant person.
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I hated meeting people at bars when I was single because it's all about the looks and the funny line.
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The greatest contribution jazz has made in music has been to replace the role of the conductor with a member of the ensemble who, instead of waving his arms to keep time and convey mood, is an active member of the musical statement. That person is the drummer.
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When you're making a film you're thinking about how to tell the story visually.
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I've had a couple of ghost experiences, but I'm not a big fan of the spiritual side of things, of the ghost type thing. I don't know why, maybe it freaks me out a bit, or I'm more into tangible, physical beings rather than things that can pass through walls.
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You're forced to step into that performer role. I can't just hide behind a synthesizer forever.
