Nick Stone Quotes

Learning something new means you have to abandon, for a little while at least, the familiar and comforting. I happen to like this feeling. I remind myself that tomorrow, I will be someone who didn't exist yesterday.

Nick Stone

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• Deficiency motivation doesn't work. It will lead to a life-long pursuit of try to fix me. Learn to appreciate what you have and where and who you are.

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • Life
  • Work
  • Long

• When you are doing a long scene, you have dialogue and interaction to narrate the character. But making sense out of facial expression and reacting is difficult. Having said that, I think such challenges are good for learning.

  

  Fatima Sana Shaikh
  • Good
  • Long
  • Character

• It had always been a dream of mine to come to New York to work. Coming to New York and looking for work is one thing, but coming to New York and already having a job and feeling like you are already part of the city has been an amazing experience for me.

  

  Karine Vanasse
  • Work
  • Job
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• We are not going to abandon Iraq.

  

  Zalmay Khalilzad
  • Going
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• If you desire ease, forsake learning.

  

  Nagarjuna
  • You
  • Desire
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• Any time anyone says anything nice about me, whether it's Lady Gaga or your neighbor, it's a nice feeling, I'm very grateful for it. It's very helpful for your career. Every time someone says something complimentary it introduces you to their audience. It gives you credibility.

  

  Gary Numan
  • Time
  • Career
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• Studies by many labs have already started to identify specific circuits of neurons involved in normal cognitive function like memory and learning, as well as disease processes such as Parkinson's disease, depression, and autism.

  

  Feng Zhang
  • Learning
  • Depression
  • Memory

• I think a part of me thought that I might be interested in academia because I really do love school. I mean that on all levels - I like educational environments; I like being part of that community of learning and exploration. And I like to talk.

  

  K. Flay
  • Community
  • Learning
  • Like

• Spend the years of learning squandering Courage for the years of wandering Through a world politely turning From the loutishness of learning.

  

  Samuel Beckett
  • World
  • Learning
  • Courage

• Anytime you ride against the best in the world, it becomes a learning process.

  

  Bonnie Blair
  • World
  • Learning

• One of the great pleasures in writing 'The Dream Lover' was learning about some of the real people who populated George Sand's life. What a cast of characters! And what a pleasure to recreate them upon the page!

  

  Elizabeth Berg
  • People
  • Life
  • Great

• I would wake up in Moscow or somewhere else, my heart beating fast, feeling bitter and helpless.

  

  Alfred Schnittke
  • Up
  • Heart
  • Feeling

• I doubt the terrorists saw 9/11 as a teaching opportunity. And we're not really a culture geared to anything as humble as 'learning.' But I was disappointed in how quickly everyone wanted to get back to normal. It was as if we watched terrorism on TV for a while, then got bored and turned back to 'American Idol.'

  

  Jess Walter
  • American
  • Culture
  • Opportunity

• I just realized one day that I was so unhappy. And not only that, but I didn't even like the person that I was. I didn't even know who I was. And so 'Shatter Me' is about first discovering what was under the shell and then learning to love that person that was under it. And then not being afraid to break free.

  

  Lindsey Stirling
  • Free
  • Learning

• With all due respect to 'The Vampire Diaries,' doing the same thing, over and over again, for essentially five years straight, it really becomes laborious and tedious, and it becomes a job. You obviously find gratification in acting, but you're playing the same character. No matter how compelling it is, it starts feeling pretty monotonous.

  

  Paul Wesley
  • Character
  • Job
  • Pretty

• My dad was a stickler for teaching me the pratfall. There is something magical about taking a good fall, and when it works, when you get that laugh, there's no better feeling in the world.

  

  Jerry Lewis
  • World
  • Good
  • Feeling

• I believe patriotism comes from the heart. Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief.

  

  Jesse Ventura
  • Believe
  • Heart
  • Feeling

• The fundamentals of baseball haven't changed, but how we can teach those fundamentals has. With an e-book, learning can be more rewarding and fun.

  

  Dusty Baker
  • Book
  • Fun
  • Learning

• When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear.

  

  Buddha
  • Good
  • Free
  • Feeling

• The problem with writing a book in verse is, to be successful, it has to sound like you knocked it off on a rainy Friday afternoon. It has to sound easy. When you can do it, it helps tremendously because it's a thing that forces kids to read on. You have this unconsummated feeling if you stop.

  

  Dr. Seuss
  • Writing
  • Book
  • Kids

• We live in a society which salves its conscience more by helping the interestingly unfortunate than the dull deserving.

  

  P. D. James
  • Live
  • Society

• I watch a happy person doing stand-up, and I go, "What the hell is this? This person's happy!" You need internal conflict. You need the guy to be out of step with society. It's a tool for comedy.

  

  Zach Galifianakis
  • Up
  • Happy
  • Guy

• Romanists tell us that the Pope is the vicar of Christ; that he is his successor as the universal head and ruler of the Church on earth. If this is so, he must be a Christ.

  

  Charles Hodge
  • Earth
  • Church

• Learning something new means you have to abandon, for a little while at least, the familiar and comforting. I happen to like this feeling. I remind myself that tomorrow, I will be someone who didn't exist yesterday.

  

  Nick Stone
  • Feeling
  • Learning
  • Abandon