I’ve really enjoyed starting Quora from the beginning. It’s really nice to have a new start to things.
It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have been forged in controversies involving not very nice people.
I’m very genetically blessed; I cannot deny it, but I work hard at keeping myself together. Yes, I have nice cheekbones and skinny legs, but I can’t take any credit for it.
I try to be a nice person, but it’s difficult sometimes.
Ah, but it’s nice to be in the opposition, nice to be a bone in somebody’s throat.
It’s never nice to lose someone close to you; unfortunately, life goes on, and we have to make peace with it and move on.
It’s nice to have it recognised that I’m doing well and to have people saying good things about me, but I try not to take too much interest. I just try to focus on my own game and what I need to do to improve.
When I was in school I used to prank my teachers all the time. But I was really, really nice. I love to make people laugh. And even in those pranks, the teachers would laugh most of the time.
It’s obvious nonsense, but it makes nice people feel good about themselves to do their bit for the planet. It’s vanity of a grotesque kind to believe that mankind, and our ‘carbon footprint’, has more impact on the future of Earth than Nature, which bends our planet to its will, as it sees fit.
I have a nice car, a Mercedes. And then I have an old El Camino truck that I’m crazy about. I like to get in that truck and go up in the hills near where I live, in Vegas, and take my camera. That, to me, is Heaven, being out in nature, taking pictures of the wildlife.
I try to avoid wearing black because sometimes it’s the easy option. But I’m young, so it’s nice to be able to play with color and not just wear black all the time. I can save that for when I’m older.
It’s pointless to have a nice clean desk, because it means you’re not doing anything.
‘Hanna’ was nice. It was Saoirse Ronan’s idea. Usually, the director casts the actor, but in this case, the actor cast the director.
This is the time for me to step out and show that I don’t just want to play the nice guy roles, and I think I’ll find out what my limits are.
Rule number one in negotiating anything with Missy is never try and run me over. Never push me, because I am a very strong woman. I’m nice, but I’m very strong. When it gets down gritty, I can get grittier. Never, ever underestimate me.