Norman Nicholson Quotes
Weeds don't need planting in well-drained soil; they don't ask for fertilizer or bits of rag to scare away the birds. They come without invitation; and they don't take the hint when you want them to go. Weeds are nobody's guests: More like squatters.
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Writers are always critical of themselves and I'm no exception. I always feel that maybe I could have done better.
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Being from Israel and a Jew is complex already, but with France, there is a freedom and a mix of culture. I have met musicians from all over the world.
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The most alluring thing a woman can have is confidence.
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When a scientist says he believes the Bible--that doesnt give me anymore more faith in the Bible that gives me more faith in the scientist.
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When I hear Rand Paul, who is much younger, saying wars are verkakte, I agree with him.
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Enlightenment is the only real antidote to the world's despair.
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Or they'll put posters up saying pizza is the biggest source of tomato sauce in the American diet.
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I was always a kid trying to make a buck. I borrowed a dollar from my dad, went to the penny candy store, bought a dollar's worth of candy, set up my booth, and sold candy for five cents apiece. Ate half my inventory, made $2.50, gave my dad back his dollar.
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Everybody looks like clones and the only people you notice are my age. I don't notice anybody unless they look great, and every now and again they do, and they are usually 70.
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See it as it is, not worse than it is just so you have a reason not to try.
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A book is a magical thing that lets you travel to far-away places without ever leaving your chair.
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I'm really interested in the idea of long, long life and transformation and immortality.
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Facts are the soil from which the story grows. Imagination is a last resort.
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Well, when Eleanor Roosevelt's mother dies, she goes to live with her Grandmother Hall. And her Grandmother Hall is in mourning. She's in widow's weeds. She's in her 50s, but appears very old. And she's exhausted from raising rather out-of-control children. Her favorite daughter, Anna, has died (Eleanor's mother), and she has living at home two other sons, Vallie and Eddie. And they are incredible sportsmen, incredible drinkers, out-of-control alcoholics.
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I wish we could do something useful with tobacco - like making fertilizer out of it.
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The Band is sounding real good. We've been doing some dates together and they've been going well.
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Weeds don't need planting in well-drained soil; they don't ask for fertilizer or bits of rag to scare away the birds. They come without invitation; and they don't take the hint when you want them to go. Weeds are nobody's guests: More like squatters.
