Sam Neill (Nigel John Dermot Neill) Quotes
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First responders will be on the frontlines if there is a terrorist attack in our communities, and we must provide them with the tools they need to do their difficult jobs.
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The violinist must possess the poet's gift of piercing the protective hide which grows on propagandists, stockbrokers and slave traders, to penetrate the deeper truth which lies within.
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People think I am America's party girl, which is just stupid. I have done 24 movies and I am creating my own TV show.
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A few months after NASA was formed, I was asked if I knew anyone who would like to set up a program in space astronomy.
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Music will always be my greatest passion.
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What I have is P.H. positive chronic myeloid leukemia, which is an aberration in your white blood cells.
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I was mostly an indoor girl at university. Where other students did drama or music or sport alongside their degrees, I wrote. I used to work on essays and classwork during the day and 'The Bone Season' in the evenings.
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I love Star City - it is my home.
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I don't know whether the universe contains any evidence of intelligent design, but I can assure you that thousands of everyday products do not.
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I think this happens to a lot of people, men and women, where you reach a point in your life and all of a sudden realize that things have changed. You suddenly realize that people are coming up behind you, that maybe somebody might want to replace you for less money.
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When I travel, I just take what I need and I run. I always have my briefcase stuffed with work, even when I go on a holiday.
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Sometimes, indeed, there is such a discrepancy between the genius and his human qualities that one has to ask oneself whether a little less talent might not have been better.
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I'm not playing for other musicians. We're trying to reach the guy who works all day and wants to spend a buck at night. We'll keep him happy.
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As people do better, they start voting like Republicans - unless they have too much education and vote Democratic, which proves there can be too much of a good thing.
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Once your IQ is 150 or over, it stops beings ability and becomes a disability.
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When we tackle obstacles, we find hidden reserves of courage and resilience we did not know we had. And it is only when we are faced with failure do we realise that these resources were always there within us. We only need to find them and move on with our lives.
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But once the ants and termites jumped the high barrier that prevents the vast variety of evolving animal groups from becoming fully social, they dominated the world.
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I tell you, it was kind of two-fold. I fortunately had a lot of support. My coach was amazing - he told me to focus on being prepared and that is what I did. Every athlete is nervous - any athlete who tells you they're not nervous isn't telling you the truth. I was as prepared as I could be.
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Doing 'Kingsman' is such hard work. It's so physical and demanding.
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The boor covers himself, the rich man or the fool adorns himself, and the elegant man gets dressed.
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It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.
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Early '90s, I was big, big into Sinatra. I was in college. I was fascinated.
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No intelligent man wears a moustache voluntarily - you can write that down.
