Nico Quotes

• The darkness is my birthright.

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  Darkness, Birthright

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• I have a habit of leaving places at the wrong time, just when something big may have happened for me.

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  Leaving, May, Habit

  "Up-tight: the Velvet Underground story". Book by Victor Bockris and Gerard Malanga, 2002.

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• With Great power comes great need to take a nap

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  Naps, Needs, Percy Jackson And The Olympians

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• Your voice is your identity. If you don't use it- you're halfway to Asphodel already.

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  Voice, Identity, Use

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• Jim Morrison tells me that people are looking at the streets while I am looking at the moon. I do not feel connected enough [with the issues] to throw stones at a policeman. I want to throw stones at the whole world.

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  Moon, Issues, People

  "Life and Lies of an Icon". Book by Richard Witts, en.wikiquote.org. 1995.

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• I don't have a sense of time. Time is timeless to me, and I'm not in a hurry to get older. I mean, if I were worried about time, all the time, it would be terrible.

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  Mean, Would Be, Worried

  "Life and Lies of an Icon". Book by Richard Witts, 1995.

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• No matter how good a driver you are, you have to have the right car and the right team behind you in order to succeed.

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  Team, Order, Car

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• I'm definitely a morning person. I wake up dead happy, looking forward to having my cereal!

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  Morning, Cereal, Wake Up

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• Pressure is always a part of a racing driver's life, but my father helped me a lot on my way to becoming a F1 driver.

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  Father, Racing, Way

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• I remember my father's last race very clearly when he drove at Hockenheim in front of 100,000 people and I was sitting next to him on the roof of his car and waving to the fans. That was the moment when I thought: 'One day I want to do the same.'

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  Father, Race, Car

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• I love film, and I think it's so important for kids to be educated about films and real life subjects that films cover.

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  Real, Kids, Thinking

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• People in Finland have also adopted me because of my dad, and that's great, but it's the one language I can't speak.

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  Dad, People, Language

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• I am a demanding person to interview.

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  Interviews, Persons

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• Image has an influence on what sort of car I will get to drive or deals that I'm offered by teams.

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  Team, Car, Influence

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• For me it was a normality having a father who was a world champion. I grew up with that, so it was never extra pressure. And I've never felt the need to emerge from his shadow.

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  Father, Champion, Shadow

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• It is a burden because I get asked about my father all the time. I just need to accept that he was a champion before me.

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  Father, Champion, Needs

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• I've really enjoyed my three years at 'Hollyoaks.' I worked with the most amazing people.

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  Years, People, Three

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• It's very, very special for me. This is where I've grown up, it's my home, and winning the Monaco Grand Prix is the highlight of any racing driver's career and for me a childhood dream. It being my home makes it all the more special, unbelievable.

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  Dream, Home, Winning

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• When you do 'Mad Fat Diary' or 'The Village,' you always learn about the particular time period, and that's always nice for an actor.

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  Nice, Mad, Diaries

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• My dad lives in Sicily, so I'm half Italian and half Irish - it's a fiery combination.

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  Dad, Italian, Half

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• My dad is a great manager. He's not just competent - he's very clever.

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  Clever, Dad, Great Men

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