Nicola Morgan Quotes
What he has lost is everything that hasn’t happened to him, everything that he is not, but might have been.
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I think the films we see, the Hollywood films, which are basically entertainment, will still be there, but they'll be in a totally different category. People won't take them seriously. They'll kind of end up the way comic books have. A side view of things.
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There are some people who leave impressions not so lasting as the imprint of an oar upon the water.
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If I fell into one relationship after another with men who were either emotionally tuned out and unavailable or hotheaded and controlling, or both, it was because I was lacking in good sense about men.
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I love my life and my mistakes and my triumphs - all of it.
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If you want to meet a woman, it's best just to smile and say hi.
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It's been so difficult to watch people criticize me and my intentions.
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I was always pretty decent at fast stick work or doing stuff that seems impressive that's not really; I was pretty tasteful and had good ideas musically. But I had a terrible sense of tempo, which is like being a blind painter.
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Only criminals and bloodsuckers reward bad behavior.
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'Nil By Mouth' was a bit autobiographical, but as I always pointed out at the time, that's not my dad.
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If I've inadvertently become some sort of role model for failed comedians, then it's really backfired very badly on me.
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Words are a pretty blunt instrument. There's always going to be slippage between the words and the infinite complexities of a thought. As a writer, I find that frustrating, but as a social animal, I wouldn't have it any other way.
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I am just back from South Sudan, one of the world's most fragile nations. For years, I have been moved by the kind people who maintain hope that they will live to see peace. My heart has ached for them, as they have endured pain and violence that make such hope feel out of reach.
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By the very nature of satire or parody, you have to love and respect your target and respect it enough to understand every aspect of it, so you can more effectively make fun of it.
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Don't eat me. I have a wife and kids. Eat them.
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The poet is a god, or, the young poet is a god. The old poet is a tramp.
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We shall find no fiend in hell can match the fury of a disappointed woman,-scorned, slighted, dismissed without a parting pang.
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Statti col dolce in bocca; e non ti dogliaCh'amareggiare al fin non te la voglia.
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Long distance information, give me Memphis Tennessee Help me find the party trying to get in touch with me She could not leave her number, but I know who placed the call 'Cause my uncle took the message and he wrote it on the wall
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I can put all the idols on my bed and sleep, I'm so fond of them.
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The first play I did was a funny one called 'The School for Wives', by Moliere. We were wearing the ugliest wigs and the worst costumes you can ever imagine to try to recreate 17th-century France in Singapore. But I got my first real pay cheque from that. I was very happy taking that cheque to the bank.
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If anything, we older people yearn for a peaceful world even more than young people do. We are the ones who lost friends or relatives in some war. We are the ones who have lived a lifetime of seeing and reading about human suffering.
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You must get involved to have an impact. No one is impressed with the won-lost record of the referee.
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I'm yet to attack French cooking, you know, where it's intense, following recipes and stuff. I'm more of a 'make it up' kind of thing.
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What he has lost is everything that hasn’t happened to him, everything that he is not, but might have been.
