Adela Florence Nicolson Quotes
I would have rather felt you round my throatCrushing out life, than waving me farewell!
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I am a proud Zionist. I can tell you about every blossom that grows in this land. I know the history and the Bible.
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I definitely want to work on a project with young designers, not just French but international.
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Not all my work features black actors. I mean, it's funny: someone was reading back to me all the languages that have appeared in my films, whether they were shorts or features. They span Arabic, French, Mandarin, Cantonese - all kinds of languages. I think it's really cool.
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I don't remember anybody's name. How do you think the 'dahling' thing got started?
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Language is the most extraordinary invention in the history of humanity, the one which came before everything and which makes it possible to share everything.
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One of the banners I would put up in front of any American president and new administration is 'Do not overreact to your predecessors' policies.'
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Now, everybody knows my music. So that's really cool. A lot of kids know it. Now, when I go to a sports game, everybody knows my name.
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I think what my parents did was perfect. They were strict, concerned about my safety and held me back just a little.
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We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.
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If I were dead, then nobody in England would have to fuss about the cost of my security and whether or not I merited such special treatment for so long.
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Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.
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As cliched as it sounds, I'm taking every day as it comes.
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Today's China is not in the least shut out from the rest of the world. Trends come to us from all over the world. And the Internet is really developed in China. We get news from all over the world.
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Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle.
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While I was serving in the Florida Senate, American soldiers were being killed in Iraq, a war we should have never started, and often by Iranian proxies and their improvised explosive devices.
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Pop knew absolutely nothing about pro football.
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If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.
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Don't listen to what other people say about you negatively!
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I don't really even go out that much now, except to walk my dogs, because I don't want to be recognised. I used to be a really friendly person, and now I just want to be invisible. I liked myself much more before I got famous. I was much friendlier and had more energy.
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I go to Uganda, I can't speak the language. In India, I'm black. In the black community, I'm dark-skinned. In America, I'm British.
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We are one of the richest countries in the world, and there is absolutely no reason why anyone should have to live in poverty.
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In the name of equal rights, women are being stripped of the protections of the family and given no place except the perverse competition of a sexual market in which increasingly shock, deviation, and aggressiveness command a premium . . .
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Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.
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I would have rather felt you round my throatCrushing out life, than waving me farewell!
