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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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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If you're in a Gay Mafia and you get whacked, is that good or bad? gay voice Say hello to my little friend.
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If Trump's own words didn't convince you what a loathsome person he is, certainly nothing that I say or do will sway you.
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There are a lot of us little gypsies out there that need to go and find another place you know. A safer, healthier or just a different venue in order to develop and find ourselves. I am so lucky to live the life that I do.
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In the history of the concept of number has been adjective (three cows, three monads) and noun (three, pure and simple), and now ... number seems to be more like a verb (to triple).
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To be practical in life means to take everything seriously and nothing tragically.
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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.
