Nicola Barker Quotes
Modernity’s like a badly trained dog: try and make it heel, even for a moment, and it turns and bites the hand that fed it.
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I have worked with some great directors.
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You can't be around Oprah and not have her influence you, and I don't mean that because she's doling out the free advice. I mean it because she is someone that leads with truth and follows her heart. She's a force.
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My grandmother is this amazingly theatrical woman. She acted like a movie star, as far as looks and attitude, kind of like Susan Hayward.
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Jill Clayburgh's life so closely paralleled mine, I feel as though a part of me lived a little through her and died a little with her.
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To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now.
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I don't know why, but I'm an easy target. And I don't do anything to dispel it.
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I enjoy money.
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I've got a lot that I want to do, so I would like to expand my empire, for sure. I love it.
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All strugglesAre essentiallyPower struggles.Who will rule,Who will lead,Who will define,refine,confine,design,Who will dominate.All strugglesAre essentiallyPower struggles, And mostare no more intellectualthan two ramsknocking their heads together.
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Wisdom sits aloneTopmost in Heaven.
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That he, in his developed manhood, stoodA little sunburnt by the glare of life;While I . . it seemed no sun had shone on me.
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Resolutions are flying like snowflakes around here.
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Instinct is the direct connection with truth.
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I like anything sweet.
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I'm a sucker for a good country song.
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Any man or institution that tries to rob me of my dignity will lose.
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I had a mixture, my father was a career army man and my mother was a writer.
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I have a lot of respect for marriage.
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I've got nothing left to lose at this point. The work I've done is out there.
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This match is about sport and I separate that completely from politics.
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When I watch the Olympics I become such an emotional wreck. I've always loved the Olympics, be it the summer or the winter Olympics.
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PETA's campaign should be included in school curricula. If we can open children's hearts and minds to animals' needs, teach them to treat a dog or a chicken as if they feel fear and love and pain - as they do - then they will grow up to understand that we are all worthy of respect.
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We're doing a great disservice to our young people because the only protection is abstinence, as condoms have been proven fallible....The federal government should not be telling young people to use condoms....It's also an insult to teenagers, reducing them to the level of a dog that can't control its hormones.
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Modernity’s like a badly trained dog: try and make it heel, even for a moment, and it turns and bites the hand that fed it.
