Nathaniel Parker Willis Quotes
We may believe that we shall know each other's forms hereafter; and in the bright fields of the better land call the lost dead to us.
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Homophobia is rampant in soccer, probably more so than in any other sport. I'm not sure why.
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I have got to the point in my life when a lot of people I know have died or are dying, so I realise that somewhere outside the pearly gates is a queue, shuffling nearer and nearer to the celestial box office.
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I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person I think I am, the people who irritate me, and the people I'd like to be.
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I was approached in Texas to be a model a few times. One of my first jobs was the cover of a CD.
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It is a matter of simple fact that Icelanders have always been notoriously indolent.
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Especially in comedies, I think a lot of time the female characters are there to provide a balance for guys.
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Follow the fellow who follows a dream.
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I've always wanted to do charity stuff. I'm such a nurturer and love taking care of people.
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When I was a kid, I wanted desperately to be a jazz musician. I would practice the trumpet for hours, but when I got braces, that messed up my ability to play, so all of a sudden I had all this free time.
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Give the peasants neither life nor death.
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New York is the place that made my and other artists' dreams come true by giving us a chance to realise our ideas and concepts. It was a great place for making a presentation of artistic creation.
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Hip-hop in the '90s began moving towards the Nation of Islam and the 5 Percenters, black nationalist movements; very much so, these movements embraced a form of Islam: Malcom X's form of Islam prior to his change.
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Let us learn from the lessons of September 11 and not wait for a major strike before we act. We must work together - Democrats and Republicans, Congress and the White House, government and the private sector - to make our country a safer and more prosperous place.
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A woman doesn't care if she hasn't a stomach, provided she looks as if she hasn't.
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I grew up watching a lot of French cinema.
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My husband John Lennon was a very special man. A man of humble origin, he brought light and hope to the whole world with his words and music.
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Television is a visual medium. You have to create some kind of visual interest. And it's entertainment for your eyes.
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The countenances of children, like those of animals, are masks, not faces, for they have not yet developed a significant profile of their own.
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What you start learning is that to get over a breakup, you kind of have to live through the emotions and not run away from it because then it lasts longer.
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What do we tell our children? Haste makes waste. Look before you leap. Stop and think. Don't judge a book by its cover. We believe that we are always better off gathering as much information as possible and spending as much time as possible in deliberation.
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I find it scary when people talk about me as a future leader. It's like putting a big target on your back.
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It is incumbent upon us to understand our greatness and believe in it so that we do not cheapen and profane ourselves.
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I went into the Army, and one day, in the middle of a bull session, somebody called me an atheist. Believe it or not, it was the first time I'd ever heard the word. It goes to show you how a person can grow up in America and have a college education and still not know a goddamned thing.
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We may believe that we shall know each other's forms hereafter; and in the bright fields of the better land call the lost dead to us.
