Neil Innes Quotes
It was just us lampooning our own peer group, saying, well hey, where did this stuff come from? And where does British guys get to be so good at it suddenly?
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I was a little girl fighting as a partisan against Nazi-Fascism.
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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President Reagan stood for conservative principles in a way that brought people together.
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I would happily have done any of the 'Bourne Identity' sequels. There are good sequels, but I'm not good at making them.
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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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I think it is important to ask ourselves as citizens, not as Democrats attacking the administration, but as citizens, whether a world power can really provide global leadership on the basis of fear and anxiety?
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Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there.
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I have to be realistic about what I can and can't do. So whatever I do has to really be worth it. I like to master the things I do.
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I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.
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Well, I decided to stop. And I did. I stopped smoking, and I stopped speed at the same time.
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I try to talk about policy issues intelligently, I try very hard to avoid thought bubbles. I make sure my speeches are well researched and footnoted. I make sure I am not talking through my hat.
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Well, it's still another two-day competition, so it's really important to show that you're ready. Every meet is really important right now. You've got to keep showing you can hit.
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What other dungeon is so dark as one's own heart! What jailer so inexorable as one's self!
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I have this first album that sells more than 100,000 copies in its first week, debuts at number two, goes gold, the single goes platinum, we're doing Madison Square Garden.
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Write what you like; there is no other rule.
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The L.A Trilogy is a series of three novels starring Ray, a robot detective, and his boss, a computer called Googol. Set in an alternative version of 1960s Los Angeles, each book will be more or less standalone but together will form an overarching story arc with 'Brisk Money' as the origin story.
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Actors go inside the heads of other people and are not afraid of the complicated places you can find yourself.
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I'm always glad when people come together to help each other - whether they're raising money for somebody in a bad situation or making a creative piece like a song.
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People are like, 'Wow you started your own record label,' and treat me like I'm some sort of innovative genius, when I'm not at all. You've got the Internet and music - you put them together, and people hear your music.
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As a director, it just makes my life fantastic to work with people like Elizabeth Hawthorne.
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The first paragraph of my book must get me my reader. The last paragraph of a chapter must compel my reader to turn the page. The last paragraph of my book must ensure that my reader looks out for my next book.
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My parents always knew that I loved music. They just didn't think I'd try to make it a career. They thought I'd be a painter or an art teacher or something like that.
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With 'Harry Potter,' I've been all over the world. I probably wouldn't have gone to New York so young if it weren't for the films.
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It was just us lampooning our own peer group, saying, well hey, where did this stuff come from? And where does British guys get to be so good at it suddenly?
