Nile Rodgers Quotes

I called all adults by their first names, and my mum was just another adult. I was the firstborn of my generation in the family, but because I was so close to my parents in age, they treated me with a kind of adult respect. They talked to me as an equal.

Nile Rodgers

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The pond-lily is a star and easily takes the first place among lilies; and the expeditions to her haunts, and the gathering her where she rocks upon the dark, secluded waters of some pool or lakelet, are the crown and summit of the floral expeditions of summer.

John Burroughs

CrownPoolDarkPlaceRocksSummer

No man is poor who does not think himself so. But if in a full fortune with impatience he desires more, he proclaims his wants and his beggarly condition.

Jeremy Taylor

ManThinkPoorMoreFortuneDesires

One of the litmus tests for judicial conservatism is the idea of judicial restraint - that courts should give substantial deference to the decisions of the political process. When Congress and the president enact a law, conservatives generally say, judges should avoid 'legislating from the bench.'

Jeff Greenfield

LawProcessDecisionsPoliticalSay

I went to work in an office and learned, among other lessons, to do things I did not care for, and to do them well. Before I left this office, two of my books had already been published.

Sigrid Undset

WorkCareOfficeTwoThingsLeft

Women like being kissed.

Rod Stewart

WomenBeingLikeKissed

I've never been in the ring with The Undertaker.

Dolph Ziggler

RingNeverBeenUndertaker

We want the best actor, and that's why Matt Damon worked so well in this role, because he's a great actor.

Bobby Farrelly

GreatBestWantWhyActorRole

I write what's given me to write.

Philip Levine

MeWriteGivenI Write

I don't go to bed at 1 A.M. and wake up at 5 A.M. and say, 'Let's see if I can get this done today.'

Tom Brady

TodayWake UpI CanGoDoneSay

Conviction never so excellent, is worthless until it coverts itself into conduct.

Thomas Carlyle

NeverConvictionWorthlessExcellent

I can't do anything else. So if this falls through, I'm screwed.

Tim Roth

ThroughAnythingScrewedElseFalls

Before the commercial ventures, Linux tended to be rather hard to set up, because most of the developers were motivated mainly by their own interests.

Linus Torvalds

HardUpOwnLinuxBecauseMotivated

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