Nancy Wilson Quotes
We're trying to elevate humanity and not preach to humanity in the way we approach our art. We're always just trying to get a good party going.
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I never eat where the hotel recommends. I do my own research and then try the most highly rated options.
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Why should I marry? One marries to have children, but I already have children! My nieces and nephews are my children.
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I believe in the institution of marriage and it's like a tag to cement the relationship for your friends, family and public.
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I tell people in Chicago to take care of themselves.
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New Year's Eve, we're going to be doing a concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra in Symphony Hall. It makes me feel good, because of all the people they could have had, they wanted me! We do have to do a little work with the rhythm section.
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A lot of what is publicized now is really pretty trivial stuff - you know, what I eat for breakfast, where I have my pedicures, questions that I just cannot for the life of me understand why someone would want to know that.
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I am not sure that you, the younger generations, will like to go to war that we went through. So, we learn as the mistakes are being committed.
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It has an air about it of having strolled in from the street with a few tricks up its sleeve, and if everybody would relax, please, it would do its best to pass the time whimsically.
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Even the most embarrassing mishap can be spun into comedic gold.
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The ability to calibrate risk doesn't happen rationally.
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The most common criticism I've seen is that I write 'popcorn fantasy:' lightweight action-adventure. Some people call it that as they explain why they love it for exactly that reason. I'm cool with that, either way. I just nod and let it go.
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Human beings can remain spiritual and religious while enjoying the benefits of rational administration of their affairs.
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Strip makeup lights just don't give you a fighting chance no matter how good looking you are. Light sconces that flank the mirror illuminate your entire face evenly.
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I have stepped outside my comfort zone enough to know that, yes, the world does fall apart, but not in the way that you fear.
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I like being like a chameleon who transforms himself with each role.
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I don't do office work at home.
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Indeed, eventually, random outcomes all revert to the mean, meaning that streaks eventually end. Understanding this is a key part of intelligent and rational investing.
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This is not a political issue. I know Florida's leadership has talked about a real commitment to helping our veterans. Now it's time for them to show it.
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Girl Scouts is such an iconic organization that it's easy to overlook how daring an idea it was for founder Juliette Gordon Low to gather those first 18 girls in that troop in Savannah, Georgia. It was 1912, after all, and women wouldn't earn the right to vote for another eight years.
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Don't just eat McDonald's, get something a bit better. Eat a salad. That's what fashion is. It's something that is a bit better.
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My mission is not to forbid French art. If the quality is there, I buy; if the quality isn't there, I don't.
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If you can embrace the idea that your success and happiness are tied up in defeating the fear that's holding you back, you're 90 percent of the way to where you need to go, because no, we're not kids, and no, this is not a bike.
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Just studying Buddhism, then meditating and going to Buddhist monasteries, talking to Buddhist monks, combined with the Thai people themselves, changed the way I look at the world.
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We're trying to elevate humanity and not preach to humanity in the way we approach our art. We're always just trying to get a good party going.
