Neil LaBute Quotes
I'm more than open to hope, but I think men and women have a difficult time dealing with each other and often take the low road.
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In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they think you want.
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Always be courageous and strong, and don't fear.
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I hadn't learned to read by third grade, which wasn't unusual for some kids. I knew something was wrong because I couldn't see or understand the words the way the other kids did. I wasn't the least bit bothered - until I was sent back to the second-grade classroom for reading help after school.
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Smaller wrestlers are built for more exciting matches.
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We are so Post-Modern that we don't realize how Post-Modern we are anymore.
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I spent years studying the teachings of Patanjali, and he reminded us several thousand years ago that when we are steadfast - which means that we never slip in our abstention of thoughts of harm directed toward others - then all living creatures cease to feel enmity in our presence.
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I always wanted to act. I guess I've always been a bit of a drama queen.
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I just started making Bloody Marys. I always thought they looked gross, then I tasted one. There's an art to it, from the Tabasco to the Worcestershire.
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I never, by any regard, ever denied any part of my family roots.
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Did any artist ever bring more pure joy to more people than Fred Astaire?
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To prosper and advance, the American business sector is going to need a financial system oriented toward business, not 'home ownership.'
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Every story makes a promise to the reader. Actually, two promises, one emotional and one intellectual, since the function of stories is to make us both feel and think.
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I am a scientist. Mine is a professional world that achieves great things for humanity.
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The laws of the marketplace are physical laws, and they don't become suspended in a crisis any more than the law of gravity does.
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When I wake up every morning, I thank God for the new day.
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When you're in a black group, you have to keep in mind you're not black. You just have to be sensitive. We have to be appreciative that the black nationalist struggle is a nationalist struggle.
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While it's easy for South Sudan to feel distant, the situation is all too real for the South Sudanese mothers choosing which child gets to eat tomorrow. This is a time when we must look outward together and declare that humanity has no borders - no one deserves to suffer like this, especially in a world of such abundance.
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Since no one but you can know what's best for you, government control can't make your life better.
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A research group found that 56 percent of major companies surveyed in the late '80s agreed that 'employees who are loyal to the company and further its business goals deserve an assurance of continued employment.' A decade later, only 6 percent agreed. It was in the '90s that companies started weeding people out as a form of cost reduction.
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The proper balance between individual liberty and central authority is a very ancient problem.
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Science is not religion. We're not going to be able to answer the 'why' questions. But when you put together all of what we know about the universe, it fits together amazingly well.
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Nowhere else in history has there ever been a flag that stands for the right to burn itself. This is the fractal of our flag. It stands for the right to destroy itself.
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I'm more than open to hope, but I think men and women have a difficult time dealing with each other and often take the low road.
