Nathaniel Parker Willis Quotes
Pitch a lucky man into the Nile, says the Arabian proverb, and he will come up with a fish in his mouth!
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How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print.
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Sometimes I'm not even aware of some of the issues going on with me in my life until I sit down and start kind of looking for inspiration, trying to find something that inspires that creativity.
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ABBA: The Movie; I got a lot of grief for working on that.
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The most powerful words in English are 'Tell me a story,' words that are intimately related to the complexity of history, the origins of language, the continuity of the species, the taproot of our humanity, our singularity, and art itself.
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If people are telling you a story about themselves, they gradually map their own local territories and know themselves by them.
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The Amex has a long, often troubled, sometimes glorious history.
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There is a misconception that young Muslim women are oppressed. That simply isn't the case. I choose to dress modestly and choose to cover my hair with a hijab; not all Muslim women make that choice, and that's okay. We are all different!
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I can be very difficult if people are not professional, or lazy - or the opposite, which is take themselves too seriously.
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Slowly but surely, we have much better female roles to play and to choose from.
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'Hard Times' does not romanticize the Depression, but at least a few of Mr. Terkel's subjects managed to find silver linings.
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In North America, more than half of all children travel to school by bus. We need a similar programme in London.
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I think one of the things about being a good coach is to recognise when you have given all that you can. In fact there should be some sort of unspoken law that says that a coach cannot have anyone for three or four years - if you have not passed on most of the stuff you know in that time, then you are not doing a good job.
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Laughter is regional: a smile extends over the whole face.
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I grew up listening to Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf and lots of blues, R&B and Motown.
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I'm a very political person, and I think things through clearly, even when I was 18 years old.
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Traveling is one of few zones of experience where you are not directly plugged into the world around you. You're not part of the society you're passing through.
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I have a strong emotional respect for Steve.
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I am young enough to try my hands at all kinds of cinema.
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I must have good genes from my parents because I feel no slowdown of energy, enthusiasm or even memory.
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The most civilized people are as near to barbarism as the most polished steel is to rust. Nations, like metals, have only a superficial brilliancy.
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I really feel like a regular dude who happens to be incredibly lucky.
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Pitch a lucky man into the Nile, says the Arabian proverb, and he will come up with a fish in his mouth!
