Nicole Quotes
To me, this is the singular privilege of reading literature: we are allowed to step into another's life.
What is literature, really? Boiled down to a single sentence, I'd say it's this: an endless conversation about what it means to be human. And to read literature is to engage in that conversation.
I like to think the world wasn't ready for me, but maybe the truth is that I wasn't ready for the world. I've always arrived too late for my life.
I always wrote little things when I was younger. My first opus was a book of poems put down in a spiral notebook at five or six, handsomely accompanied by crayon illustrations.
...our eyes locked in one of those looks that sometimes happen between strangers, when both wordlessly agree that reality contains sinkholes whose depths neither can ever hope to fathom.
It's hard for people to see you one way, but you're really the other way, so it's kind of like, 'Who am I, who are you?' Sometimes, I confuse even myself.
It sucks, but no Long Islands or margaritas when you drink. It has to be straight vodka.
Wittgenstein once wrote that when the eye sees something beautiful, the hand wants to draw it. I wish I could draw you.
I'll get pretty much everything the way I want it. I've always dreamed of a beach wedding.
Freelance isn't for everyone - you've got to be aggressive and enjoy working alone. But you could make more money than you ever imagined.
Acting for me is not a business, it's about trying to make pieces of art that I believe that I feel proud of. And it's the journey of that.
If you've got red hair, try washing it in cranberry juice. And, if you're blonde, a champagne rinse can work wonders.
Why do a crappy film role when you can do a meaty stage role? and ...I'm not small and curvy and I don't fit the prerequiste for small, passive, sexy chicks.
Somehow destiny comes into play. These children end up with you and you end up with them. It's something quite magical.
The journey of life - we all go through it: You have love, you lose love, you find new love. To have love again is a beautiful thing.
I suppose expectations are strange and I shy away from them. And the whole point of being an actor is to connect.
Acting runs through my blood. There is some sort of creative desire to express myself and I would need that outlet. Otherwise I would be a nightmare to live with
Most of us are animal lovers. We insist that we love all animals equally - the hamster, the weasel, and the zebra - but if pressed, we will admit to being either a cat person or a dog person.
It's my first presenting role so I'll be nervous, but it's going to be great fun. I can't wait to sample the food and meet the celebrities. Hopefully I can inject some of my own glamour.
Ten years from now, I would like to see myself successful as a brand, like Jessica Simpson, with babies running around and a beautiful husband and my own reality show
Some exfoliates have rocks in them and it makes your skin really smooth, and cat litter is a good substitute. I haven't broke out at all yet!
I love the feel of good quality Italian black lace that feels delicate and really feminine.
Once you're able to look like an idiot and be OK with it, it opens up your potential.
My bulimia was my addiction. Hurting myself was my addiction... The music is what saved me. That's the only thing I can trust.
My job ranges from creating the initial overall theme of the season, to developing fabrics and sketching to sampling and fitting.
It is important not to copy other people's careers but set the tone of who you want to be. My father's always encouraged me to do that.
I was in three academic clubs, a huge book worm and the teacher's pet. I was kind of an easy target for bullies.
You could carve out the inside of a brick and hide your money in it for safe keeping. It’s certainly safer than keeping it in the bank!
Caring for someone is scary, because you both know how it feels to lose someone in the span of a heartbeat.
It's a very brave thing to fall in love. You have to be willing to trust somebody else with your whole being, and that's very difficult, really difficult and very brave.
Although religion was around me my whole life I never felt it was forced upon me. It is my centring, my grounding, the soul of me. I feel I'm nothing without it.
It's important for a woman to feel good in her clothes. It's OK to have curves and to work them.
Dancing is another way to communicate. That's what separates The Pussycat Dolls from other groups.
No matter how much you're going to be criticized or no matter how big of a risk it is, the boldness is the thing that helps you
I've just gone through so much in my life that pulling my top up just doesn't seem like that big a deal.
I can be quite daring with my clothes but I believe that you have to feel comfortable and confident to carry off whatever it is you're wearing.
I love making down-home Southern cooking, and just chilling out and having cakes and pies and baking stuff, you know. I'm a pretty simple girl.
I see lots of women having beautiful children later in life. And, if not, just freeze your eggs!