Harold Nicolson Quotes
The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill.
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Fashion and interior design are one and the same.
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When I first met Elvis, we had so much in common and became fast friends.
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In the past, in the '60s and '70s, genres were much more segmented. You had action guys who were deadly serious about it, and I think you had comics that were comics.
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My experience growing up in a rough and tumble town in the blue-collar world of Western Pennsylvania in the 1970s was that anything a man did was always more important than anything a woman did.
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My father was a lawyer.
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I want people to follow their dreams, yes... but I'm not interested in telling young black kids how to be rappers... I want to show them that there's so many other paths you can take, besides a rapper or basketball player.
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The chief incalculable in war is the human will.
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Jamestown changed the world in many ways, but perhaps it shaped our nation most profoundly the day Africans arrived. I can't think of a more relevant place to talk about the issues facing our community today than the place where African culture became American culture.
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During the late '20s my father left us. My mother was in a complete hole with no money, and we were evicted.
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I always love the quirky stuff, which is why I love 'Childrens Hospital.' That really pushes the envelope of comedy.
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My family is a praying family, a Christian family.
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Even after Independence, we have had to face the poison of casteism and communalism. How long these evils will continue? Whom does it benefit?
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I'll be singing with The Blind Boys of Alabama, which is a great joy to me. I've done some work with them before, and they truly are amazing.
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Privacy is big for me. To do interviews even, I have a very love/hate with it.
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You must respect people, and you must respect money. My father said to me: 'When you respect money, money will respect you.'
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I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
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The closer the look one takes at a word, the greater distance from which it looks back.
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There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.
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I'm very happy to have the heritage that I do, but I'm not wanting to be 'the Latino actor.' I just want to be 'an actor.'
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All chefs are like Jewish mothers. They want to feed you and feed you and impress you. It's an eagerness to please.
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The English playwrights of the '50s and '60s didn't really keep writing or getting produced, while the Irish did. There's encouragement for the younger ones also in the fact that Ireland is exceptional in its ability to make theater part of the national dialogue, and it reaches to all four corners of the country.
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The news of the open military help to Franco from Hitler and Mussolini, and the heroic resistance of the people of Madrid, Barcelona and the big cities fired a widespread wish to help the Republic and its people.
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Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
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The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill.
