Nilsson (Harry Edward Nilsson III) Quotes
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Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
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Gay kids need to stop killing themselves because they are made to feel worthless by cruel and relentless bullying.
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Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding.
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I know that I am an excellent live performer. I know that I have spent my life paying attention to my art form, developing my art form, worrying about my show and what it is I'm bringing to people, making sure that I give them a fine trade. They get a two-hour show, sometimes a three-hour show, for a decent price.
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A dream acting role would be Matt Damon in the Bourne series. I would love to do something like that!
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Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men.
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Decolonisation seems to have dented little the sense of superiority that since 1945 has made American leaders in particular consistently underestimate the intensity of nationalist feeling in Asia and Africa.
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Don't feel sorry for me. I've had a great life, great friends.
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As I've gotten less righteous, less pedagogic, I have become more loving of the artificiality, the art form, the imitation of life in film.
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I can do a book in three months if I spend all day, seven days a week at it and, in fact, I work better that way.
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I don't remember my first two marriages... the details are very sketchy.
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I'm obsessed with Marcus Mumford. I've got to know him recently; he's amazing.
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This administration and these folk who run Washington are no more interested in our welfare and our well being than the man on the moon. And we have got to start taking our destiny into our hands.
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We put so much pressure on kids to excel in school at such a young age.
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Music is a very powerful thing. If I'm angry, I can write a song about it, and it seems to make everything okay.
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No one wants to read an apologetic book.
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I'm a person who has always been clear about my love of music and vocal about trying to live in a way that lends itself to health.
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I am the sort of athlete who participates in a lot of winter sports - basketball, for example, is an activity that I'll spend many hours a week watching.
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My dad was very successful running midgets in Texas. Then, his two drivers ran into some bad luck. People started saying that Daddy had lost his touch. That it was the cars and not the drivers. I wanted to race just to prove all those people wrong.
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We watch our sons go to war, disagree with the rationale for sending them, loathe the men who ordered them to battle, and then, when the veterans come home, beg and plead with the local V.A. to ensure they have access to proper care.
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If contemporary artists sincerely seek to be original, unique, and new, they should begin by disregarding the notions of originality, individuality, and innovation: they are the cliches of our time.
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We are all trying to achieve our dreams.
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To be a footballer means being a privileged interpreter of the feelings and dreams of thousands of people.
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Dreams are nothing more than wishes and a wish is just a dream you wish to come true.
