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...marijuana or heroin--which is not only stupid but also a really poor business plan if you're considering becoming a dealer. I had never tried marijuana until a friend left me some lovely brownies a few years ago, and not once since that experience have I been nervous about spiraling into harder drugs, unless there's a pusher with cocaine Rice Krispies Treats...
...pianist and patriarch of Cuba's music scene who found late-life stardom after his appearance on the Grammy Award-winning 1997 album Buena Vista Social Club and in the subsequent documentary; in Havana. González, who was rediscovered by guitarist Ry Cooder, was initially nervous about playing on the album: he suffered from arthritis and didn't have a piano (his was ruined by termites). But he welcomed the attention and happily began performing again. "If I can't take a piano with me to heaven," he said in 2000, "then I don't want...
...water onto the engine and the truck coughs back to life. The frightening ritual bath is repeated over the next few days. But when the truck rolls to a stop on the seventh day, something more serious is wrong. This time, the bath doesn't work. The drivers are nervous as they try to get the motor turning again. No luck. Getting stuck out here means almost certain death. The drivers try to calm the passengers by telling them, "We're in the same situation as you." Finally, after three hours, the motor kicks over and the truck starts rolling...
...Each tries to root out the other during the compact, brutally tense first film; Ming, who likes working with the good guys so much that he wants to sever all of his criminal ties, blows away Yan, and walks away scot-free. (Not in the mainland China version, however. Nervous censors there forced a last-minute change that has Ming inexplicably arrested, thus removing any troublesome moral ambiguity...
When asked whether he likes performing, Jackiw answered enthusiastically “Yes, I love performing, especially in Boston! People always ask me if I get nervous, and yes I do get butterflies in my stomach, but that just helps me perform even better.” Instead of “clamming up,” Jackiw uses his nervousness to sharpen his awareness and uses it to give even more expression to his playing...