Neil Jordan (Neil Patrick Jordan) Quotes
I mean I grew up in Ireland, so one would have to be consciously blinkered not to have reflected on the issue of political violence because that was the story since I was 19 years old or 20.
Neil Jordan
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I try to be upbeat. I read this book which tells you to write down everything that you're grateful for each day. Now I'm constantly noticing all the little things that make me joyful.
Naomie Harris
In previous generations, there was purpose; you had to die, but there was God, and literature and culture would go on. Now, there is no God, and our species is imminently doomed, so there is no purpose. We get up, raise families, have bank accounts, fix our teeth and everything else. But really, there is utterly no purpose except to be alive.
T. C. Boyle
In the hands of good writers, you have the opportunity to present both sides of an opinion equally and that you leave it to the audience to listen and then make up their own minds.
Mandy Patinkin
People like to see honest persons. So I certainly will advise many young people who want to participate in politics, honesty is the best policy.
Ma Ying-jeou
It is in the U.S. interest to engage Iran in serious negotiations - on both regional security and the nuclear challenge it poses.
Zbigniew Brzezinski
I have never gotten a B in my life. I would honestly be mortified if I got a B. I'm so academically driven.
Sami Gayle
When 'Carmen' premiered in 1875, it was panned by the critics. It survived 45 performances. It was called a musical and moral outrage. After Bizet died, at age 37, 'Carmen' became wildly popular. If you believe in your creation, and the rest of the world is laughing or yelling 'Boo,' don't give up.
Karen DeCrow
I understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.
Baz Luhrmann
Thirteen years I took on this last book.
Gay Talese
Despite all the media coverage, glitz and glam of hedge funds, they have not done well for their investors. They have high - some say excessively high - fees; their short- and long-term performance has been poor.
Barry Ritholtz
The idea that you surrender your identity when you relinquish national powers is unhelpful. No, indeed, precisely the opposite is the case: if done in an intelligent way, you attain the sovereignty to better solve national problems in cooperation with others.
Ulrich Beck
What do you know? Haven't you heard of suspension of disbelief?
Ed Wood
