Nick Symmonds Quotes
Just as with running, there were days that I didnt feel like writing; I wrote anyways.
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I tend to have a pattern of playing misunderstood characters.
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I'm kind of sarcastic. Not cynical but sarcastic.
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I can do whatever I want.
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I'd never read 'Lord of the Rings' until I was asked to play Gandalf, so I didn't really know it was a frightfully famous book.
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I was under the false impression that I could sing in high school, so I did a lot of musical stuff. I can't sing or dance, so that was entertaining for everyone.
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There are films you see that only reach your eyes. Then there are films that you can watch... that reach down to your throat, or reach your heart. 'In the Mood for Love,' though, reached all the way to my belly.
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I don't trust Santa Barbara as far as I can spit. I am afraid that if I went back there, it's possible that I could be run through their system, their judicial system, and wind up in some county jail where I could be killed and I'm not gonna take that chance.
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The spiritual reality of the Indian world is very evident, very highly developed. I think it affects the life of every Indian person in one way or another.
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I'll never get married again, and I always hate to say never to anything, but I will never marry again.
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I am a Brazilian before I am an architect. I cannot separate the two.
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I'm a sponge when it comes to stories. I'd say everything influences me in some way, but for 'Red Queen' in particular, I was really affected by the 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series by George R. R. Martin.
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My grown man crush is Morris Chestnut. He's just timeless!
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I know I should keep this a secret, but Celine Dion is something of an icon to me.
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On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only when he was off, he was acting.
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Any movement at all that reduces disease, that reduces overdoses, that reduces property crime, that reduces violent crime, is good.
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The bigger you become of a celebrity, the bigger the expectations, the pressure on you - to make change, to say what people want, to target the people they want to target. Fame is toxic; it is quite toxic.
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We cannot build foundations of a state without rule of law.
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Katie Couric is kind of my soulmate.
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I'm an honest dude, not trying to be anything other than who I am.
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You cannot always run at your best.
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I guess I cringe when the discussion leads to, rather than books and sentences and characters and the stuff that writers are supposed to be concerned with, how to have an online presence and how many followers you have on Twitter. That stuff always makes me uncomfortable.
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Running for office is the least aerobic of the socially interactive sports.
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Augustine does not disagree with this when he teaches that it is a faculty of the reason and the will to choose good with the assistance of grace; evil, when grace is absent.
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Just as with running, there were days that I didnt feel like writing; I wrote anyways.
