Nick Thune Quotes
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In case of doubt, do a little more than you have to.
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I thought 'Garfunkel and Oates' would be too confusing, but it ended up being confusing in the best of ways because the first time we played a comedy club, it was because they thought we were the real Garfunkel and Oates.
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I have a lot of friends who do EDM music; they had to tell me what a 'drop' was.
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I'm not really a mainstream novelist!
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As with any moderately famous person, footballers are the source of much gossip. In fact, I'd go as far as to say they are targeted. The fun part as their partner is not knowing who, or what, to believe.
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The United Nations system is still the best instrument for making the world less fragile.
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In the beginning, I found it hard to give my songs away, but now I've realised it's exciting, and it's only making me better.
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In our house, everyone's opinion is welcome. I grew up in a house where everything wasn't when it came to politics or religion.
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The best antidote to poverty remains simple - a paycheck. Policies like paid family leave, workplace flexibility and affordable quality childcare can make the difference for two-parent or single-parent working families who struggle to make ends meet.
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As an illustrator you need to understand the human body - but having looked at and understood nature, you must develop an ability to look away and capture the balance between what you've seen and what you imagine.
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There's this label called Neurotica by these sweet girls that have given me some lovely things to wear, and we might collaborate on making a little piece. They're really lovely, and I think they've been quite inspired by me in turn.
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You see I found I didn't have to act to be happy.
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If I was being paid thirty-thousand dollars a year, the very least I could do was hit .400.
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The presumption that an extant mode is efficient if the expected net gain is negative can nevertheless be rebutted by showing that the obstacles to implementing an otherwise superior feasible alternative are 'unfair.'
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I don't take breaks, man. In the past, I used to spend my free time getting in trouble, and now I spend it working on my music. If I'm not playing drums with my cover band, Chevy Metal, I'm working on songs for myself.
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For me the rehearsal period is the part I most enjoy. It's the creating of the story.
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The Devonian and Cornishman will be found by the visitor to be courteous and hospitable. There is no roughness of manner where unspoiled by periodic influx of strangers; he is kindly, tender-hearted, and somewhat suspicious.
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I think vampires are a timeless powerful archetype that can tap into people's psyches.
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I think, especially in pop culture, we're brought up to think that a normal pop star is this pretty, well-kept-together girl.
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If you're 28 and singing about being over the hill, you're pretending. When you're 67 and singing about it, you know what you're talking about.
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The high road and positivity is never the easy way but always the best way.
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As a matter of fact, that was a bit of a problem for me at the beginning of my career - the problem of identification. In The Conversation I played a character who was gay, so nobody recognised me from American Graffiti. When I did Apocalypse Now, after Star Wars, I played an intelligence officer of the American army. George Lucas saw the footage I had done and didn't recognise me until halfway through the scene.
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My general rule of thumb is to never take for granted that it’s opposable.
