Nicola Roberts Quotes
You spend so much time in a studio writing for other people, you forget you sing, you know?
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Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.
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The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out.
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The guitar for me is a translation device. It's not a goal. And in some ways, jazz isn't a destination for me. For me, jazz is a vehicle that takes you to the true destination - a musical one that describes all kinds of stuff about the human condition and the way music works.
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Our relationships with our computers are almost sexual, they're so close. They're just such a huge part of our lives.
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It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and yet do not consider themselves bound to answer reason and experiment.
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The woman who purposely destroys her unborn child is guilty of murder. With us there is no nice enquiry as to its being formed or unformed.
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Creativity is the key for any child with dyslexia - or for anyone, for that matter. Then you can think outside of the box. Teach them anything is attainable. Let them run with what you see is whatever they need to run with.
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In the Depression we had to divert corn acreage.
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Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
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Success in management requires learning as fast as the world is changing.
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For gay people, we learned about our lives in secrecy and a lot of fear.
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I have worked very hard to shed away my chocolate boy image in order to get a tough look for this action entertainer. I am confident of my success and would love to dedicate the same to Director Balachandar sir.
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I understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.
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The kind of thing I'm good at is knowing every politician in the state and remembering where he itches. And I know where to scratch him.
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The mistake we make is to attribute to religions the errors and fanaticism of human beings.
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You'd have to be an idiot to say no to 'Hunger Games.'
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I feel like comedy is important, and I think political satire can be really important.
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Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.
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Yeah, I could go rock on the back porch and do crossword puzzles - but I've got six kids, ages 9 to 16, and someone in the family should work. That's me.
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Neighbors are frightening enough when they're alive.
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I had an experience that probably is shared by many parents. When my daughter was born, I felt viscerally connected to generations before and after me in a way that took me by surprise.
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I work late nights catching up on emails, and then, in the mornings, I just hop on my laptop right away. Then, every other day, I'll hop into the shower! My husband is horrified that I don't shower every day.
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'Purple Plumeria' I dithered over for months and then wrote the whole thing between the beginning of July and end of August. The dithering and procrastination time was three times the writing times.
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You spend so much time in a studio writing for other people, you forget you sing, you know?
