Nicholas Thorburn Quotes
I really do just try to tune as much out as I can and make things that I think just sound good to me.
Quotes to Explore
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Fitzgerald was a modernist.
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Talent will only take you so far, and it is your ability to feel the music and explore a movement that will bring you the greatest pleasure in dance.
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I really hate to write.
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Living in New York, for me at least, just keeps it very real and keeps my feet firmly planted on the ground.
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In fourth grade, I learned that reading was serious business, not just a pleasant way to pass the time, and that like medicine or engineering, it had a definite, valuable purpose: to foster 'comprehension.'
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I'm inhabiting a life I'm not supposed to be in... and at certain times in my life, I have felt a wrongness. And not a moral wrongness but a sense that this isn't what I was born to be doing.
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I love dressing up.
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I have to give people time to take a picture, and sign autographs. I have to be generous to people. It is in my heart. Without that, I would not be Manny Pacquiao.
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I really like children to watch my movies.
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I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do not remain humble and meek long when they are exalted.
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I'm a fan of creating the mood and vibe with flowers, candles, and music. I love making my guests feel like it's not formal and they can relax in my home.
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My first priority is to my wife, as hers is to me, and to our child.
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It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it.
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One of the reasons I love to come to Paris is because the decorative arts are so refined that I am always walking through one proscenium into another frame.
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There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see.
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I knew trucking was growing. It grew from the Second World War to the time that I bought the bridge. There were interstate highways being built. I thought there was opportunity.
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As a senior in high school, you figure out what you want to do with your life. I asked myself if I wanted to get back into acting and thought: 'Yes, but under my own terms and nothing like it was before.'
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And of course there is so much of World War II that is documented that we never have seen.
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The human element, the human flaw and the human nobility - those are the reasons that chess matches are won or lost.
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Those who have much are often greedy; those who have little often share.
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I really do just try to tune as much out as I can and make things that I think just sound good to me.
