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• People said that he was very nice, but I confess that his utter grotesqueness made me uneasy; perhaps in the same way that the sight of monkeys eating their own excrement turns some people’s stomachs. They might not mind so much if monkeys did not- so grotesquely- resemble human beings.

  James A. Baldwin

  Nice, Sight, People

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• K is for "Kenghis Khan"; He was a very nice person. History has no record of him. There is a moral in that, somewhere.

  Harlan Ellison

  Nice, Civilization, History

  Harlan Ellison (2014). “Strange Wine: Stories”, p.102, Open Road Media

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• Russian young people spend countless hours online downloading videos and having a very nice digital entertainment lifestyle, which does not necessarily turn them into the next Che Guevara.

  Evgeny Morozov

  Nice, People, Doe

  "The Tunisia Twitter Revolution That Wasn’t". Interview with Dave Gilson, www.motherjones.com. January 27, 2011.

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• I don't know why they gave me a knighthood - though it's very nice of them - but I only ever use the title in the U.S. The Americans insist on it and get offended if I don't.

  Anthony Hopkins

  Nice, Titles, Use

  "Anthony Hopkins: 'I've never been really close to anyone'" by John Crace, www.theguardian.com. January 23, 2012.

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• It's very important for cities all around the world to reinvent themselves, and Glasgow is a good example of that. The Scots are very nice. I don't think they are burdened by their history.

  Zaha Hadid

  Nice, Thinking, Cities

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• It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have been forged in controversies involving not very nice people.

  Felix Frankfurter

  Nice, People, Political

  United States v. Rabinowitz (dissenting opinion) (1950)

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• I live a very nice life. I have a wonderful time. But it's not lived drawing on a full level. I'm relaxed, cool, and enjoying it.

  Marianne Faithfull

  Nice, Drawing, Levels

  Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. July 28, 2011.

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• And affirmative action is a very nice term for racial discrimination against better-qualified white people in jobs, employment, promotions and scholarships, and college admittance.

  David Duke

  Jobs, Nice, College

  "David Duke's View Of An Obama Presidency". Interview with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. October 31, 2008.

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• I believe 'love' is very nice to hear, but it's used so much that it's come to a point where it's almost meaningless.

  Park Chan-wook

  Nice, Believe, Love Is

  "Exclusive: I'm A Cyborg Q&A". Interview With Leigh Singer, www.ign.com. April 4, 2008.

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• People are really terrified of me. I don't know why, I'm very nice, but people are very intimidated by me.

  Margaret Cho

  Nice, People, Terrified

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• Zooey said... It would be very nice to come home and be in the wrong house. To eat dinner with the wrong people by mistake, sleep in the wrong bed by mistake, and kiss everybody good-bye in the morning thinking they were your own family.

  J. D. Salinger

  Morning, Mistake, Nice

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• If Queen Elizabeth knighthooded me and I would get the title Sir Usain Bolt. That sounds very nice.

  Usain Bolt

  Queens, Nice, Sound

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm not such a big star. I am just a little planet. In Spain, people don't put so much attention on the star system. But here in America, I can feel it. Mostly, people are very, very nice. But there are also a bunch of fanatics behind the stars.

  Antonio Banderas

  Stars, Nice, America

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• I grew up in a very nice house in Houston, went to private school all my life and I've never even been to the 'hood. Not that there's anything wrong with the 'hood.

  Beyonce Knowles

  Nice, School, House

  "New Again: Destiny’s Child". Interview with Suzanne Hodges, Lorraine Bracco, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 29, 2013.

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• Bears are very nice, as long as you are nice to them.

  Karl Lagerfeld

  Nice, Long, Bears

  "Get Your Karl Lagerfeld Teddy Bear for Just $1,500!". W Magazine Interview, www.thecut.com. August 22, 2008.

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• Childhood was very nice. The only thing wrong was that I was so introverted, everything became a big deal... 'Oh, no, here comes the bus. Where am I gonna sit on the bus?'

  Steven Wright

  Nice, Childhood, Bigs

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• It was smashing working with Jerry Desmonde, he was a very nice chap.

  Norman Wisdom

  Nice, Smashing, Chaps

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Sometimes in a restaurant you'll see a lady dressed very nice, she picks up a menu or something... a little fan is always a little bit nice.

  Tina Turner

  Nice, Fans, Littles

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• I've pretty much given up on the orange. I really have. I just don't even bother. It's just either sour, or woody, or the skin's too thick. It's very nice when you come across the perfect orange, because it's really a beautiful experience. But the stakes are too high.

  Scott Thompson

  Beautiful, Nice, Orange

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• Betty White is probably a very nice woman.

  Elaine Stritch

  Nice, White

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• I've gotten books published. I've met famous people that are very nice. I look back and I say, 'Wow. Thank you, God, for giving me this gift. And thank you for helping me to keep going.'

  Mattie Stepanek

  Nice, Book, People

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• One aspect of our site that I really appreciate is how I put up as much information as I've been able to keep track of: dates, the venue, the city, the country, the number of people there, the door price, opening bands, that sort of thing. One of the very first comments we had was from a guy who said, "By the way, the opening band in Albany in 1993 was not the Very Nice Neighbors, it was the Very Pleasant Neighbors." That brought a great joy to me.

  Ian MacKaye

  Country, Nice, People

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• I met Bill Clinton; he's a very nice guy. Yeah, Bill Clinton's cool.

  Ed Sheeran

  Nice, Guy, Bills

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I am very lucky, because for the most part people are very nice to me, and I am still able to go about my life and ride the subway and all that.

  Laura Linney

  Nice, People, Lucky

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• There will be gay couples; it will exist. It is not very nice that people who are married - who divorce in three seconds - don’t want protection for the others. The legal system should protect everyone, not just the few people who think they are above everybody else because they are married.

  Karl Lagerfeld

  Couple, Nice, Divorce

  "Karl Lagerfeld Talks Gay Marriage, Guns, Kim Kardashian & More". Interview with Christina Anderson, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 28, 2013.

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