Nick Valensi Quotes
I think when you're in the early stages of writing a song, it's important to shut off the part of your brain that tries to edit or criticize. That function comes in handy later, but if you let it in too early, you can trip yourself up.Nick Valensi The Strokes
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I love a real-life, movie moment in living color.
L'Wren Scott -
I tend to have a pattern of playing misunderstood characters.
Idina Menzel -
I think all of us are thankful every day we get to put this uniform on, and we play this game. So try not to take any days for granted. Every time you take the field, give a hundred percent and leave it all out there.
Jacob deGrom -
All true happiness, pure joy, sweet bounties, and unclouded pleasure are contained within the knowledge and love of God.
Said Nursi -
I am convinced that only by applying the values of an entrepreneur to philanthropy will you ever be able to meet the needs of the greatest number of people.
Naveen Jain -
I don't eat any red meat.
Taylor Momsen
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I'm a pro-horserace guy.
Nate Silver -
I don't feel drawn to lightness, I need something more. I feel that - oh, I hate saying this, it sounds so wanky - but I feel a real urge to give voices to people we don't usually hear from in real life.
Kate Dickie -
Being polite and grateful will make people more inclined to help you. And if people are willing to help you, you may accidentally get something you want.
Jason Sudeikis -
I don't believe in reducing a style and a voice down to a set of descriptions, so I've never done that.
Ken Liu -
I'm not much of a salesman. I prefer the soft sell and the honest approach.
Marc Guggenheim -
After the election of George McGovern in 1972 as a peace candidate - I should say his election to the nomination of the Democratic Party - the party changed the rules to steeply tilt that playing field, creating superdelegates and Super Tuesdays that make it very hard for a grassroots campaign to prevail.
Jill Stein
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I am grateful to be a woman. I must have done something great in another life.
Maya Angelou -
I did attend a convention with the production company behind 'The Woman' and 'Jug Face,' and I loved it and thought, 'I have to come back, as they are so much fun!' But those tickets are really expensive, and you're buying merchandise, and you want autographed pictures with people, so it's kind of like Disney World.
Lauren Ashley Carter -
I'm just a husband waltzing in the background.
Bruce Greenwood -
Tens of thousands of brave Americans died to break the chains of British tyranny so that the principles of our Declaration of Independence could take fold and flourish in the birth of a new nation.
Jim Gerlach -
Anytime I mentioned I wanted to be an actress, my friends were not that supportive.
Kathrine Narducci -
Good writing will bring you to places you don't even expect sometimes.
James Gandolfini
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The secret to a happy, successful life of paranoia is to keep careful track of your persecutors.
Tyrone Hayes -
I'd love to work with Aaron Sorkin on something. Just the way he writes, he has no fear in writing people that are fiercely intelligent, and I love that.
David Tennant -
I've written songs before, and I don't want to share them with anybody. It's really personal for me, that sort of creative outlet where you put your emotions to paper or put to song. I don't do it that much anymore, but to let someone in on that outlet and to have it susceptible to judgment is scary.
Jeremy Jordan -
Hollywood, of course, is the city of illusion.
Curtis Hanson -
I think when you're in the early stages of writing a song, it's important to shut off the part of your brain that tries to edit or criticize. That function comes in handy later, but if you let it in too early, you can trip yourself up.
Nick Valensi The Strokes