Sam Neill (Nigel John Dermot Neill) Quotes
As much as possible, I try to encourage people to use stunt men because that is really their job.
 
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	I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.   
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	Listen, I'm not a politician. I'm not a news reporter. I make music, and I act.   
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	They don't have a lot of appointment viewing. What television depends on, one thing 'Larry King Live' was - whether you liked it, didn't like it - it was appointment viewing.   
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	When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.   
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	I don't like allegories.   
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	In the 60s, if you wanted to be an actor, you couldn't do just one thing.   
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	Jose Mourinho is a big star... he's cool.   
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	The history of our country is not the history of any other country in the world which is either practicing advanced democracy or struggling to lay the foundation for democracy.   
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	People do not lack strength; they lack will.   
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	A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.   
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	But the issue has to do with land, which is our land.   
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	I'd open doors for anyone who opens doors for me.   
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	Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.   
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	I have lots and lots of party clothes. I mean real party clothes.   
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	I think it's a mistake to go after someone just based on looks. But I always respond to people who don't act that interested in me.   
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	One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.   
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	My happiest memory of childhood was my first birthday in reform school. This teacher took an interest in me. In fact, he gave me the first birthday presents I ever got: a box of Cracker Jacks and a can of ABC shoe polish.   
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	I want to be respected as an actor. There's my ego. But I don't have a great need to be liked by an audience.   
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	If you look into the mirror, you see that [every part of you] belongs there and you belong there, as you are. You begin to realize that you have a perfect right to be in this universe, to be this way, and you see that there is a basic hospitality that this world provides to you. You have looked and you have seen, and you don't have to apologize for being born on this earth.   
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	No man is good for anything who has not some particle of obstinacy to use upon occasion.   
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	There are places on Earth where we can catch a glimpse of Heaven.   
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	In the political system, we are a team; politics and bureaucracy, we are a team. The politicians, bureaucrats and the people, we are a team.   
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	Hey, man, I toss a stick for a living. Gotta spice up that deal, y'know. Gotta stand out.   
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	As much as possible, I try to encourage people to use stunt men because that is really their job.   
 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					