Cees Nooteboom Quotes
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Healthy is in the eye of the beholder.
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Waste Management was based in Chicago, but I lived in Ft. Lauderdale and for 10 years had to commute to work - catch the 5 P.M. Sunday flight to Chicago and the midnight return flight on Friday.
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It's nice not to be too boring.
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I originally envisioned myself doing something with the suffix 'ology' at the end of it, like marine biology or entomology. But after I started to do some acting gigs, I thought it wasn't a bad thing... I said to myself, 'I might as well keep riding this bus until the wheels fall off.'
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My attitude is always one of sensuality, aggressive enthusiasm and a kind of outrageousness in my expression.
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I'm tempted by everything. My husband makes fun of me because every day it's a new food that I love. I have a weakness for butterscotch pudding, ice cream in any flavor and dark chocolate, although that's one thing I do keep in my house - 70% dark chocolate.
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My problem was my inability to spend much time at home. I thought my family was secure, so I went running around everyplace else. I guess I had more of an effect on other people's kids than I did my own.
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I don't think people cry reading 'Midnight's Children,' but a lot of people seem to cry watching the movie.
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I really feel that New York City is the greatest city in the world.
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Every woman should have four pets in her life. A mink in her closet, a jaguar in her garage, a tiger in her bed, and a jackass who pays for everything.
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The real problem with the art world is not the money men scavenging in its wake - they've always been there - but the pirates who've taken over the ship. I am thinking, of course, of that awful art world species: the curator.
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Life was a funny thing that happened to me on the way to the grave.
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Spine transplants are what we really need to take Reagan on.
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Grease is the only cure for a hangover.
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I believe in God and a higher power. I'm still not the religious type per se because religion tore my family apart. I'm still a little scared and skeptical being one with any faith.
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I love apple juice.
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As humans, we have the tendency to call on God only when we think that we're in dire straits as opposed to cultivating a real relationship with Him every day. And that's what my music tries to convey to all the listeners - try to cultivate it every day.
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I write about heartbreak because I like writing about sad things, but I'm writing happy songs, too!
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I've never had to fend for a child's life, which sounds very terrifying.
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Michael Brown - when he lost his life, there was more focus on what he had done sometimes than what was done to him.
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It is life, I think, to watch the water. A man can learn so many things.
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I knew when I shot the 'She Keeps Me Warm' video that the comments were not going to be homophobic... that they would be about fat-shaming. I'm a large girl making out with somebody. I knew just that sheer fact would set people off.
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If the blood humor is too strong and robust, calm it with balance and harmony.
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She had nothing to do all day ... but did it with the greatest possible speed.
