Sam Neill (Nigel John Dermot Neill) Quotes
I think you need brains to do any Shakespeare with any authority. I could do Shakespeare, but not with any authority.
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The best thing is to look natural, but it takes makeup to look natural.
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Yes, there is plenty of hard work for them in addition to that which they do when they appear, smiling and happy, when the curtain goes up. Giving a performance is the least of their worries.
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I had long had an instinct about there being a role for me in a creative industry. Maybe I didn't listen to that voice as much earlier on, but when it had become a deafening sound in my head I realised I had to go and explore it.
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I want 'The Lady' magazine to be restored to its traditional place in the pantheon of weekly magazines.
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I don't like losing a ballgame any more than a salesman likes losing a sale.
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One of the reasons a strategist never sits in a stadium and gets caught up in the crowds - and never sits watching a debate in person - is because the vast majority of American voters watch these political events on television.
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I don't see myself as ever being like anybody else.
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Reducing carbon emissions is important, but it is shortsighted if not coupled with reducing the toxic emissions from our heart; and that is something spiritual leaders are supposed to teach and something all thinking people, regardless of their beliefs, should practice.
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If Wikileaks didn't resolve that question for folks - at the end of the day, there are no secrets. We're living in a glass neighborhood, in a fishbowl, and technology, white hat hackers, the folks that are doing the right thing with hacking.
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I don't think there's any formula for what makes great art.
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Examine the history of China for 2,000 years back, and then compare it with the Western history of fifty years! Does the government of these foreign countries present such a record of generosity, benevolence, loyalty, and honesty as ours?
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I just prepare myself to perform well, to support my teammates to play well, to try to get to the final, to the World Series.
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You have to recognize at some point that even though you have the passion and creative level to be able to do something, you might have to do a lot of prep. Sometimes you just can't do it as quickly as you want to do it.
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When I was a child, I used to paint intently. The older I become, and the closer death approaches, the brighter my life gets day by day.
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The IT bubble is the IT bubble, and of course, we became a company that contracted dramatically in 2001 and 2002: we basically came down by 45,000 people - a dramatic ramp-down.
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It's hard for me to even watch comedies I'm in.
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I may have more than one friend with benefits. It's very healthy for the heart. I think no matter how old you are - and I am pretty up there in terms of numbers - I think you should do whatever makes you happy.
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The way I write is that I'll actually have a conversation out loud with myself. In a weird way, I just kind of get schizophrenic and play two characters.
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Imagine if every airport would blast Brian Eno. I bet going through security wouldn't be as difficult. I can't imagine someone being aggressive with me with Brian Eno music pumping through the terminals at LAX.
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We ought to recognize that religious strife is not the consequence of differences among people. It's about conflicts between creation stories.
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I just want to continue to play football and be myself.
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I'd like to recover some of the strangeness and wonder of consideration of the future.
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We cannot build foundations of a state without rule of law.
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I think you need brains to do any Shakespeare with any authority. I could do Shakespeare, but not with any authority.
