Nick Laird Quotes
The whole point of writing poetry or fiction is that you get to agonize over whatever it is you want to say, and you finally say it, and you get it as perfect as you can make it. Then you're forced to babble freestyle.
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I quite like the drama of an encore. I think an encore is for those artists who are inclined to do dramatic gestures, and I certainly would say I am inclined towards them.
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What's upsetting about an autobiography is that the final chapter is always missing. I mean, you want the death, don't you?
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I believe sci-fi fans are incredibly intelligent.
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Anyone who is awake and aware knows that these quote-unquote bathroom bills or any legislation discriminating against LGBTQ citizens is horrible.
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There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend.
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I had a strong vision for 'The Best Man Holiday,' so I was able to translate that to the actors and ultimately to the screen. Things can't get too heavy or too outrageously funny; it has to strike a balance. Tone is everything. If you've set the right tone, you can get away with a lot of stuff. You can get away with making people cry.
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Everyone should have the opportunity to get affordable, quality health coverage.
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Being an occupier is not good for anybody's global standing. It is a catalyst for terrorist recruitment.
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To communicate the truths of history is an act of hope for the future.
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I believe in incentivizing people. If you can incentivize people in anything, whether it's in politics; in life; in spirituality; in business; just take care of folks. Incentivize them and all of a sudden it's amazing the difference that you'll see.
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Being a father makes everything in the world make sense.
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If you don't show care and love for your children and leave the mothers to take care of all their needs, if they grow up, they will also not consider you.
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A lot of my travel is at least partly work, visiting schools and libraries, especially in France.
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I wrote my first textbook in 1970. It was called 'The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy,' and over the years, many students told me that they enjoyed reading it because there were so many stories in there; often just a paragraph or a page of something that happened in a group session.
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If the administration asks for $5 and Congress appropriates $4, that's what they get. If the government creates a subterfuge by going outside the government to raise money through a private entity, that's a violation of the law.
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Once we have something that is no longer under control, once technological development is yanked out of our hands, it doesn't have to continue to be beneficial to humans.
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Tourism is our second biggest industry in terms of the people it employs.
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I joined PETA for minks and dogs. I need my beef, my chicken, my seafood.
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Rural voters believed the Democrats traded millions in campaign cash at their expense. Along came a guy named Trump to give these voters a political voice.
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The importance of poetry is not measured, finally, by what the poet says but by how he says it.
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I'll say anything to live.
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I have to do a better job of minimizing the damage in that inning and getting us back in there with the lead still.
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The whole point of writing poetry or fiction is that you get to agonize over whatever it is you want to say, and you finally say it, and you get it as perfect as you can make it. Then you're forced to babble freestyle.
