Neil Jordan (Neil Patrick Jordan) Quotes
There's no point in making a film out of a great book. The book's already great. What's the point?
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If men can quilt and take over the kitchen, then women can pick up a wrench and fix a leaky pipe.
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It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.
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The world has changed - through technology, through wine-making techniques, the quality of wine is greater than it's ever been. Whereas ten, fifteen years ago it was very easy to find lots of bad wine, it's kind of hard now. The technology, the science - it's like, are you kidding? We're in the golden years of wine!
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I have always found photography magical, and became more taken with it whilst modeling.
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Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.
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Elvis and I were very good friends. We were such good friends that, on the day that he passed, I was the first one his father called, to let me know what had happened.
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Every historian with professional standards speaks or writes what he believes to be true.
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I always put my fantasies in the realm of goals.
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I play the father in the scene when Will and Tommy go back to Tommy's old apartment. It was a big mistake. I hope not to be in the next movie I direct.
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Time is the devourer of all things.
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Armenian folklore has it that three apples fell from Heaven: one for the teller of a story, one for the listener, and the third for the one who 'took it to heart.' What a pity Heaven awarded no apple to the one who wrote the story down.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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Those who get stuck doing the same things for too long are bound to get left behind the strong who press on and re-invent themselves.
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We need to focus on building up our own nation and creating jobs here at home.
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My children receive education that greatly emphasizes the fact they are part of a human group that has tradition, collective memory, and a state. I am a great believer in the need for Israel to be a Jewish state. I certainly believe my children will pass that on to their children.
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I always think of it in terms of music. You're not always going to be a huge rock star in music, but musicians can play until the day they die. With sports, it's different. You can't always do it until the very end, and that's a hard reality of sports.
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There was a verse that said if you are lukewarm rather than hot or cold, God will spit you out of his mouth on Judgment Day. And I felt like, I mean, I don't know. I'm lukewarm.
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I know something quite sure. We'll never have peace with this Syrian regime. They'll never give us relief, and we'll never forget that.
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What the trees can do handsomely-greening and flowering, fading and then the falling of leaves-human beings cannot do with dignity, let alone without pain.
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One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing. I did that with 'World's Fair,' as with all of them. The inventions of the book come as discoveries.
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Winning is about heart, not just legs. It's got to be in the right place.
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Be involved; be informed. Make meaningful contributions to society through service and involvement.
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There's no point in making a film out of a great book. The book's already great. What's the point?
