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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The history of Bitcoin trading is a bubble, a correction, consolidation, and another increase. It's happened four times, and it will happen again.
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It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.
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But all bubbles have a way of bursting or being deflated in the end.
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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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There was great leadership in this country at the time of World War II. There was also unrelenting resolve at home, in America's factories and on the farms, in the cities and the country.
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We'd just go to church and sing. My dad would get me and my sister Doris, and we would sing together. I sung the harmony, and my sister Doris took the lead.
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Even those who don't believe in climate change believe we should develop renewable energy. Americans get it: it's time. This is not controversial. It's actually right in the wheelhouse of American business.
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Jokes rot. They're not like songs. I always envy singers - Sting is always going to sing 'Roxanne'. But people want to hear new jokes. I've written jokes as good as 'Roxanne', I believe. But I can't tell them again.
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One believes that if nothing happens, one disappears. That is not true.
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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.
