Nikky Finney (Lynn Carol Finney) Quotes
Watch your life as if it were a film. Absorb everything. What you see, hear, and feel will stamp every alphabet of your work.
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Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.
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I motivate others by making sure that they understand to go after their dreams and don't let anyone tell you you can't. If you are motivated enough and put the work in that you can achieve anything in life that you set your mind to.
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Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.
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Of one thing there is no doubt: if Paris makes demands of the heart, then Munich makes demands of the stomach.
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I wish I had come along when the studios were making those big musical pictures. It would be great to do re-makes of some of the old ones like 'Porgy and Bess' or 'Showboat.' I'd love to do 'em.
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Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.
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The strength of British theatre should be that these actors in their middle years know what they're doing and are good at it. Not rich, not famous, but making a living.
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To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward or fear of any punishment in this world or the next. Work so done is a means to the end, and God is the end.
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Green is one of my favorite colors - emerald green.
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My mother and father were both much more remarkable than any story of mine can make them. They seem to me just mythically wonderful.
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There have always been arguments showing that free will is an illusion: some based on hard physics, others based on pure logic.
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I can imagine that the Iraqis undertake the destruction out of fear. If they had denied it, if they had said no, that certainly would have played into the hands of those that would like to take armed action immediately. I have no illusions in that regard.
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We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.
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I used to be the hippest of them all. I used to know everything about everything. I used to read about everything that was going on, and I knew everybody's name and anybody in pop culture. Anything that was written about me, I would read.
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How is it that mercury is not safe for food additives and Over the Counter drug products, but it is safe in our vaccines and dental amalgams?
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Music creates order out of chaos: for rhythm imposes unanimity upon the divergent, melody imposes continuity upon the disjointed, and harmony imposes compatibility upon the incongruous.
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I don't oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war.
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10) Anarchy is the least stable of social structures.
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It's interesting - the greatest country in the world, we shouldn't have people starving. We shouldn't have young people not getting something to eat.
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That's the nice thing about being a live act. I can get the audience, but it's for the moment. It's like, 'Can I do it tonight?' And you can see when people like you. But on record - and with the pen - it's almost for all time. Really, a lot more thought has to go into it.
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When I started 'This American Life', one of the reactions I got was, 'When is the adult going to show up who will host the show?' At some point, people just got used to it.
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I was born in Saratoga, Texas, a little town there in the Big Thicket about 60 miles north of Beaumont. Needless to say, we were very, very poor, but we always managed to have enough to keep our bellies full.
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Watch your life as if it were a film. Absorb everything. What you see, hear, and feel will stamp every alphabet of your work.
