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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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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A film is a great deal about what you see, and the silhouette of a character tells you a lot. I'd love to go into film costume.
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Tessa was convinced that it was a lie, and also that everything she had done in her life, telling herself that it was for the best, had been no more than blind selfishness, generating confusion and mess all around. But who could bear to know which stars were already dead, she thought, blinking up at the night sky; could anybody stand to know they all were?
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On '30 Rock,' the hours were really intense, and I was often on set. I'm glad I didn't have a kid then because I don't think I would have ever seen her. I would work 15-hour days, and weekends, too.
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I like to post positive content, and I like to try and make people smile. That's why those videos are popular. I don't fake it.
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I believe there's things all around us that make you do good things and some that make you do bad things.
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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.
