Neil LaBute Quotes

And I've got some screenplays and plays ready to dip into when I need to.

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• These 'Sports Illustrated' people, they know how to hold a secret.

  

  Bar Refaeli
  • People
  • Know
  • Sports

• It was wrongly assumed that I wished to become some sort of leader among gay activists, whereas in reality I was happier to be a foot soldier.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • Reality
  • Gay
  • Leader

• Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.

  

  Adam D'Angelo
  • People
  • Up
  • Friends

• In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being who is engaged in some laudable pursuit, and acquires a name by some illustrious action, or useful art.

  

  Sallust
  • Live
  • Art
  • May

• There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.

  

  Saint Augustine
  • Heart
  • Something
  • Humility

• When you have this many losses, you don't have a following.

  

  Eddie Bernice Johnson
  • You
  • Many
  • Following

• People will see me at Chelsea the way I am and judge me the way they want to.

  

  Eden Hazard
  • Judge
  • Chelsea

• I read comics and stuff. I buy a lot of comics, a lot of films and boxsets.

  

  Ed Gamble
  • Read
  • Buy
  • Comics

• The devil will let a preacher prepare a sermon if it will keep him from preparing himself.

  

  Vance Havner
  • Devil
  • Him
  • Prepare

• Women have not yet realized the cowardice that resides, for if they should decide to do so, they would be able to fight you until death; and to prove that I speak the truth, amongst so many women, I will be the first to act, setting an example for them to follow.

  

  Veronica Franco
  • Women
  • Truth
  • Death

• I've always thought it was important not to attach too much superstition to the space where you're writing, because once you get into the mindset that you can only do it a certain way in a certain place, your creativity can get blocked.

  

  Sadie Jones
  • Important
  • Writing
  • Space

• My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising Him.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • God
  • Truth
  • Violence

• I'm a songwriter-I'm obligated to keep pushing myself.

  

  Billie Joe Armstrong Green Day
  • Myself
  • Keep
  • Songwriter

• Over a spell of about three years, I played a series of roles that were, for me, all very different, but most of them came out within a six-month period. They all dealt with a kind of dark territory that in some cases had been mined before in movies.

  

  Kevin Spacey
  • Different
  • Movie
  • Kind

• Like, I mean I don't even know why you girls bother at this point. Like give it up, it's me. I win and you lose.

  

  Nicki Minaj
  • Up
  • Why
  • Girl

• I like to dress pretty basic during the day, but with a sophisticated bohemian spin, and sometimes a little rock chic. At night I like to go glamorous.

  

  Alessandra Ambrosio
  • Pretty
  • Night
  • Rock

• Bach is the supreme genius of music... This man, who knows everything and feels everything, cannot write one note, however unimportant it may appear, which is anything but transcendent. He has reached the heart of every noble thought, and has done it in the most perfect way.

  

  Pablo Casals
  • Music
  • Men
  • Writing

• One quality of leaders and high achievers in every area seems to be a commitment to ongoing personal and professional development.

  

  Brian Tracy
  • High
  • Quality
  • Professional

• I’m attracted to the idea of drowning. Or rather the idea of jumping off and being enveloped by something, not bad or good, just enveloping. When I was a kid, I had a moment when I got under the water, lying on the pool floor, and felt I could breathe. I’ve been trying to recreate that feeling ever since.

  

  Florence Welch Florence and the Machine
  • Breathe
  • Jumping
  • Drowning

• Scientists who play by someone else's rules don't have much chance of making discoveries.

  

  Jack Horner
  • Play
  • Chance
  • Rules

• A lot of people have fancy things to say about customer service, but it's just a day-in, day-out, ongoing, never-ending, persevering, compassionate kind of activity.

  

  Christopher McCormick
  • Service
  • Activity
  • Customer

• And I've got some screenplays and plays ready to dip into when I need to.

  

  Neil LaBute
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