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Nigel Rees Quotes

My job involves searching for 'lost' quotations - that is, trying to find out who came up with a quotable saying that lingers in someone's mind and which they wish to use for their own purpose and which they cannot find in conventional dictionaries of quotation.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: british
Birth: June 5, 1944

Topics

Job Purpose Mind Saying Wish Trying

The public doesn't particularly care for advertisements.

Care Public Particularly

What we see depends mainly on what we look for.

Look See Depends Mainly

I have worked with this red all over the world - in Japan, California, France, Britain, Australia - a vein running round the earth. It has taught me about the flow, energy and life that connects one place with another.

Andy Goldsworthy

Life Red Me World Energy Earth

When I design a garment or a piece of accessory, the first question I ask myself is, 'Would I wear it?'

Myself Design Question Ask First

I think if you hearken back to partial-birth abortion... everybody said, you know, it's not constitutional. It can't pass; it can't go anywhere, and it took time to do that, and it even had to succeed a presidential veto. But it eventually did.

Time Succeed Think You Back Know

On our first record, man, I didn't know what I was doing. I was just playing. I was over playing. You're as green as you can be with no experience in recording or knowing how sometimes a song can work: when it's too much, when it's not enough, when it's not right.

Work Experience Man Green Song You

I'd spent 25 years in government when I left the Defense Department back in '93, decided I'd go spend the rest of my career in the private sector, and then the president tapped me to come be his running mate. And it's been a remarkable experience. I wouldn't have missed it for the world.

Experience Government Me World Rest

I've always been a songwriter.

Always Been Songwriter

President Lyndon Johnson was very, very unpredictable. We never knew for sure what he is going to do next, and he preferred to have it that way; if he could do something as a complete surprise, that was his preference.

Surprise Way President Never Going

So many companies talk about increasing the number of prospects at the top of the funnel, but they spend remarkably little time making sure actions are taken - on a daily basis - to make sure these prospects convert into paid users.

Daily Time Talk Top Little Paid

Growing up, I was raised by a single mother.

Mother Growing Up Growing Single Up

Now that I've established myself in a drama, I'm plugging away, trying to get the attention of people who do the independent movies and the features.

Myself People Trying Attention Drama

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