Neil Jordan (Neil Patrick Jordan) Quotes
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I see no way out of the problems that organized religion and tribalism create other than humans just becoming more honest and fully aware of themselves.
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There's no way I set out to be a certain kind of symbol - the way I dress is the way I am, the way I live my life.
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There was something to me that was really compelling about that woman, already knowing she couldn't get pregnant. When I made that movie I was maybe 24, and to be 24 and already know you can't get pregnant, that was really interesting to me.
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I never said most of the things I said.
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I'm shy, but sometimes my voice is so clear and strong. Your tongue moves, and the Arabic language is so beautiful.
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I'm a bubbling brew of emotions, but mostly, I'm an optimistic person.
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I'm not a music lover in the sense that I look for something to have on. I've never had that attitude to music.
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The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings them closer. A moment that lags - they're gonna cough.
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I don't know if I believe in love at first sight, but of course I believe in two people having chemistry right away. A girl should be really easy to talk to. When I lose track of time because we've been talking, I think that's really fun.
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I do work-related stuff on airplanes. Then, when I'm in the hotel room or just vegging out, I read for pleasure.
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Everybody is smarter from outside of the court.
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Breast implants gross me out. I don't think they're attractive at all.
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I think tripe is maligned. It's wonderful stuff, but everyone goes 'urgh.' You have to wash and then cook it, very gently braise it, for eight hours. It uplifts you but steadies you at the same time.
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Become slower in your journey through life. Practice yoga and meditation if you suffer from 'hurry sickness.' Become more introspective by visiting quiet places such as churches, museums, mountains and lakes. Give yourself permission to read at least one novel a month for pleasure.
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I confess that reading proofs is a pleasure. It stimulates and inspires me.
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Once you depart from the Ten Commandments as being the foundation of right and wrong, you are in a free fall.
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You make a movie with some people, you become friends over the process of making this movie and then... you go your own way.
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Certainly situation comedy is harder than people who are good at it make it look, but it's fun to do something different.
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The moral truth here is obvious: anyone who feels that the interests of a blastocyst just might supersede the interests of a child with a spinal cord injury has had his moral sense blinded by religious metaphysics.
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The Samoan puts the burden of amatory success upon the man and believes that women need more initiating, more time for maturing of sexual feeling. A man who fails to satisfy a woman is looked upon as a clumsy, inept blunderer.
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I guess I like more of the skinny jeans. I'm not very fond of all the stretch, so I try to avoid too much stretch fabric.
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To be black and an intellectual in America is to live in a box. On the box is a label, not of my own choosing.
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The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion; constitutionality is no match with compassion.
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I took two years away from making films to write a novel.
