Nikki S. Lee Quotes
People think a big camera and big lighting will make art, and I want to break that rule. If you have a great concept, it can be art.
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I never thought that I would become a staple in the Australian cultural diet. The equivalent of bread or milk, or a fine old Tasmanian Mauve Vein. I think it's because I talk about things that people dare not mention. I don't mean raunchy things or unsavoury things. I call a spade a spade - I discuss things in a realistic manner.
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General Giap was one of the most brilliant military strategists of our era, who in Dien Bien Phu was able to place missile launchers in remote, mountainous jungles, something the yankee and European military officers considered impossible.
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I have a general sense of mission, and I intuitively know when something is influencing that mission. I think this is what I'm supposed to be doing. Doors keep opening. In the end, it's the best use of my skills. I've finally consented to the idea that I'm an artist.
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I think escapism is something artists write about pretty frequently - it's something everyone can relate to, the concept of wanting something more, wanting to find solace, wanting to have something better.
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Nothing I have done professionally will top the feeling I got when singing with John Farnham at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.
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It would be curious to discover who it is to whom one writes in a diary. Possibly to some mysterious personification of one's own identity.
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When ye are prepared for a thing, the opportunity to use it presents itself.
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I think increasingly we want to read the history that wasn't written by the victors.
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I have no literary fears.
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When you use words, you're able to keep your mind alive. Writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.
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It often takes time for the Israeli government to get things done.
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My dance teacher will show me pictures of girls who are rhythmic gymnasts, and they are super skinny. But I don't want to be too skinny. I think that looks a little gross when you are dancing. You don't want to be a scrawny, bony thing.
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Love comes in far more shapes and sizes than what the family-values crowd condones, of course.
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My dad and my mom were big Nat King Cole fans, so they had everything he did.
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We would be silly to say that race issues don't exist in 2014.
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I write songs very quickly, so the 20 minutes of joy I get out of writing a song doesn't compare to the two months of joy I get engaging with the people who like my music.
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We should love the body insofar as it is obedient and helpful to the soul, since the soul, with the body's help and service, is better disposed for the service and praise of our Creator and Lord.
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The real heroes were my good buddies who died during the battles.
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Come ordine era dato, il tutto avvenne,Che 'l consiglio del mal va raro invano.
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Real understanding does not come from what we learn in books; it comes from what we learn from love of nature, of music, of man. For only what is learned in that way is truly understood.
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Leadership is experiential... it's really a trained art.
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An unhatched egg is to me the greatest challenge in life.
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People think a big camera and big lighting will make art, and I want to break that rule. If you have a great concept, it can be art.
