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"Radical self-care is quantum, and radiates out into the atmosphere, like a little fresh air. It is a huge gift to the world. When people respond by saying, “Well, isn’t she full of herself,” smile obliquely, like Mona Lisa, and make both of you a nice cup of tea."
"In Hawaii they say, "aloha." That's a nice one, It means both "hello" and "good-bye" Which just goes to show, if you spend enough time in the sun you don't know whether you're coming or going."
"How come I never meet any nice girls?"
"The rest of my days I'm going to spend on the sea. And when I die, I'm going to die on the sea. You know what I shall die of? I shall die of eating an unwashed grape. One day out on the ocean I will die — with my hand in the hand of some nice-looking ship's doctor, a very young one with a small blond moustache and a big silver watch."
"As a black man, I have to respect myself and have nice things. As a man in general."
"You can't beat a nice glass of Chardonnay after a really long, hard day."
"Life and art had a nice parallel, in the sense of coming together as strangers who are separate in prison who need to work together, getting to know each other."
"Wouldnt it be nice to be like men and get notches in your belt... and not get emotionally involved?"
"And when the sun goes down and the mood comes upon me, I'll watch the play of the colors on the water, yield to the fleetly dissolving images, and turn into pure feeling, all soft and nice."
"Hunter can write a melody and stuff like that, but his forte is lyrics. He can write a serviceable melody to hang his lyrics on, and sometimes he comes up with something really nice."
"Not that smart. Not that hot. Not that nice. Not that funny. That's me: I'm not that."
"It would be nice if people said, God bless you not just when you sneezed but also when you farted."
"It doesn't matter if you're photographing a porter in a market in Marrakech or you're photographing the king of Morroco. You have the same sympathetic approach to everybody. You be nice to everybody, basically."
"It's nice to have a crush on someone. It feels like you're alive, you know?"
"I'm a bit of a slag... Some people don't think it's very nice, but I don't care... I've got hormones, and sex is there, so why not? Sex is good. Everybody does it, and everybody should!"
"It’s nice to be able to try and build the life you want for yourself."
"I know that this is the internet, and we're all anonymous and all that, but really. It doesn't hurt to try to be nice."
"If people recognize me when I'm out in public, I'm very nice to them. I'm very nice to people even when they don't recognize me. I don't even mind if people come up to me while I'm eating dinner, but if they recognize me while I'm having sex, I refuse to sign autographs."
"I think 'Hail to the Chief' has a nice ring to it."
"I'm a nice guy, but I like to get into trouble."
