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NICOLA STURGEON I do not want to see, for any reason, the Tories resurgent in any way. NICOLA STURGEON Not once in my life has the Tory Party come anywhere close to winning an election in Scotland, and y... NICOLA STURGEON Voting Labour in the past hasn't protected Scotland against Tory governments. NICOLA STURGEON Tory governments are bad for Scotland. NICOLA STURGEON It's a classic Labour hype. NICOLA STURGEON as•ymp•tote (ˈasəm(p)ˌtōt) n. pl. -s. 1. A wish that continually approaches but never achiev... NICOLA YOON I've read many more books than you. It doesn't matter how many you've read. I've read more. Believe ... NICOLA YOON You can do every goddamn thing right, and your life can still turn to shit. NICOLA YOON Everything's a risk. Not doing anything is a risk. It's up to you. NICOLA YOON Olly: jesus. is there a girl on this planet who doesn't love mr.darcy Madeline: All girls love ... NICOLA YOON Love is worth everything, everything. NICOLA YOON The trouble with getting your hopes too far up is: it's a long way down. NICOLA YOON You can't predict the future. It turns out that you can't predict the past either. Time moves in bot... NICOLA YOON The art of tea, whichever way you drink it, or whichever country you are from, has one underlining t... NICOLA SALTER Sometimes your world shakes so hard, it's difficult to imagine that everyone else isn't feeling it t... NICOLA YOON I can only say we were trying to do whatever we could to help Rachel's voice be heard, This is far t... JAMES NICOLA We have asked ... if we can do the play next season. JAMES NICOLA Late twenties, single, female. Do the math. Flirty flings were fabulous until you hit the big t... NICOLA MARSH You thought I didn’t notice the way you two looked at each other? I may be old but I’m not blind... NICOLA MARSH All pomp and show.” Anjali’s glare at the house would’ve exploded bricks if she’d had superh... NICOLA MARSH Ocean: The endless part of yourself you never knew but always suspected was there. -Madeline (... NICOLA YOON Maybe we can't predict everything, but we can predict some things. For example, I am certainly going... NICOLA YOON And she was really good at that: even since she was a little girl, she could eliminate the hours, kn... NICOLA LECCA I've read many, many books involving heartache. Not one has ever described it as little. Soul-shatte... NICOLA YOON Doomed love is a part of life. NICOLA YOON I want to say something, not just something, but the perfect thing to comfort him, to make him forge... NICOLA YOON Love is a terrible thing and its loss is even worse. Love is a terrible thing and I want nothin... NICOLA YOON There's more to life than being alive. NICOLA YOON My heart is too bruised and I want to keep the pain as a reminder. I don't want sunlight on it. I do... NICOLA YOON Here is my secret. It’s quite simple: One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is ... NICOLA YOON For the first time in a long time, I want more than I have. NICOLA YOON Sometimes you do things for the right reasons and sometimes for the wrong ones and sometimes it’s ... NICOLA YOON How can I live the rest of my life in this bubble now that I know all that I’m missing? NICOLA YOON You can’t just make people fall in love, right? Love is way more complicated than that. It’s not... NICOLA YOON I didn't know you this morning, and now I don't remember not knowing you. NICOLA YOON I was happy before I met him. But I’m alive now, and those are not the same thing. NICOLA YOON What colour are your eyes? Olly (O): blue Madeline (M): Be more specific please O: ... NICOLA YOON Maybe part of falling in love with someone else is also falling in love with yourself. NICOLA YOON There are still some perceptions that attendees would do nothing but play while they are here. It's ... MARINA NICOLA We had the economy. We had the Iraqi war. We had SARS. Those things took a huge chunk out of the num... MARINA NICOLA Reason itself is fallible, and this fallibility must find a place in our logic NICOLA ABBAGNANO It can be quite tricky to get kids to drink enough fluids, but children starting school need to drin... NICOLA GRAIMES Let the [political forces] guarantee support for the investigation which the judiciary is carrying o... NICOLA CALIPARI Less than 48 hours from the beginning of the summit there remains real risk that major agreements wi... NICOLA REINDORP It's a hard concept to hold on to--the idea that there was a time before us. A time before time. NICOLA YOON We are capable of big lives. A big history. Why settle? Why choose the practical thing, the mundane ... NICOLA YOON We introduce a balloon of half a liter volume (about a pint) in the stomach and inflate it so it tak... DR. NICOLA BASSO Accomplishing our life and health goals consist of a series of a step-at-a-time decisions. When we c... NICOLA COMPTON-JAMES Attaining and maintaining optimal health is a series of a-step-at-a-time decisions. When we consiste... NICOLA COMPTON-JAMES If God has called you, He will equip you! NICOLA COMPTON-JAMES