Cynthia Nixon Quotes
It is interesting to see how far we've come as a society since then. But also how everybody keeps touching [Ronald] Reagan and trying to evoke him.
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It is easy to remove the mind from harping on the lost illusion of immortality. The disciplined intellect fears nothing and craves no sugar-plum at the day's end, but is content to accept life and serve society as best it may.
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When you're doing a deal with someone in the southern Sahara, it's a very different way of doing business than in London. You can't sign them in the usual way because they'd end up getting ripped off, which would defeat the object of setting up a label like this.
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I didn't care what, how much adversity life threw at me. I intended to get to the top.
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I don't really feel like I have to have a debate with my husband over issues.
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Whenever you show up on a set where you haven't been from the beginning - at least myself - I'm kind of quiet. I just watch the politics and how everything unfolds.
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In combat sports, personalities are what draw.
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For me, great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music.
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The first step is clearly defining what it is you're after, because without knowing that, you'll never get it.
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All of us are trying to achieve 100 percent in our work. That's all we struggle to do. We never do, but we never stop trying until the day we die. It's that struggle to achieve 100 percent, that's where our performance lies, that's what the audience gets. They get the struggle.
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One hazard of our job on TV is people are always checking us out and noting every pound we've gained or haven't quite lost.
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Everything is being compressed into tiny tablets. You take a little pill of news every day - 23 minutes - and that's supposed to be enough.
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I think when I first started cycling, it wasn't that popular with kids. I felt almost embarrassed going down the road on my road bike; I didn't want my friends to see me because it was embarrassing.
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There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.
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Everyone comes with dreams and illusions and promises. Everyone wants quick deals. They don't want to invest.
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I was the family alien. Both my parents are quite creative, but I was... appalling... always putting on little shows. I was rather a shy child, not a natural performer, but there was a performative edge to everything I did.
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If you wanted to show a mirror to people that says, 'You've been drunk on money,' they're not going to want to see it. But if you reflected that mirror on another time they'd be willing to. People will need an explanation of where we are and where we've been, and 'The Great Gatsby' can provide that explanation.
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I am the middle child with an older and younger brother.
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The Gili Islands gave me some of my best scuba diving experiences, including tons of turtles.
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The Greek people deserve an economy that is not burdened forever by a heavy bureaucracy and a bloated public sector.
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I did not enter into silence. Silence captured me.
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Art is a tool by which society extends its perception.
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Our elite is primarily and increasingly managerial. A managerial elite manages. A crisis, unfortunately, requires thought. Thought is not a management function.
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The Icesave matter is complex and it is understandable that the issue has been oversimplified by many. Unfortunately some of the basic facts of the matter have been unilaterally interpreted, and sometimes distorted, giving rise to unjustified criticism of the conduct of the Icelandic authorities.
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It is interesting to see how far we've come as a society since then. But also how everybody keeps touching [Ronald] Reagan and trying to evoke him.
