Natalie du Toit Quotes
I've been lucky enough to travel the world and win awards and medals, but it was time to stop.
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I've been told I'm a little bit eccentric.
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In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they think you want.
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I could be the best looking guy in the Duma, but that's only because all the other guys are over 60.
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I am a story-teller, and I look to academic research... for ways of augmenting story-telling.
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Human beings love stories because they safely show us beginnings, middles and ends.
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The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
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I definitely try to eat a healthy diet, but I am the first person to say I love unhealthy food. I would never tell you I don't. I love fried chicken or mac and cheese. Do I order them all the time when I'm out at restaurants? No, though I do have one splurge meal a week.
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It's always been my dream to just continually do really cool indie movies - character-driven stuff.
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One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.
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It used to hurt me that people thought I didn't have the technique and the temperament to play Test cricket.
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I never had teenage years. I guess because I was seen to be more adult than anybody around me.
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Futurists wanted to suggest movement by means of a dynamic painting; Duchamp applies the notion of delay - or, rather, or analysis - to movement.
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It's easy to make a film, but it's hard to make a career of being a filmmaker.
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I don't talk in ifs.
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Close friends consider me a literary snob.
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We grew up listening to music like that: we grew up on the snap music, grew up off the trap music, grew up on all the South sound.
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If I can hit the ball the way I want to hit it on the range, I'd rather do that than play golf. I just love the feeling of hitting good golf shots.
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I came to America to make it my home, and I did.
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If it's a big hit, fantastic. If it's not, then it's not. I don't worry about my work.
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All I can say is, I don't talk about the personal stuff. It's the one thing you can keep to yourself. At least you try to.
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There are people who want me to do a cologne. They want to call it 'Patrick.' I was offered a fortune to make exercise videos. Posters, all kinds of stuff – something like $10 million worth. It's insanity. I'm not going to do any of it.
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I've always liked music that has a darker vein to it. I come from such a safe upbringing - very stable, classic family, everything's nice and good - I was always looking for something different.
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I've been lucky enough to travel the world and win awards and medals, but it was time to stop.
