Neil LaBute Quotes
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By March '87 we're down to seven thousand, by the end of the year we're down to twelve hundred. The whole bottom just fell out of the market. It was bad for me because I was in Australia at the time.
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These 'Sports Illustrated' people, they know how to hold a secret.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.
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When you have this many losses, you don't have a following.
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People will see me at Chelsea the way I am and judge me the way they want to.
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I read comics and stuff. I buy a lot of comics, a lot of films and boxsets.
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The devil will let a preacher prepare a sermon if it will keep him from preparing himself.
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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.
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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.
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My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising Him.
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I'm a songwriter-I'm obligated to keep pushing myself.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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As more and more minority groups fill our nation's classrooms, what can we do to even the separate-but-forever-unequal playing field? Now that's a question many very smart people have spent decades trying to answer.
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We notice that the mind is a restless bird; the more it gets the more it wants, and still remains unsatisfied. The more we indulge our passions the more unbridled they become. Our ancestors, therefore, set a limit to our indulgences. They saw that happiness was largely a mental condition. A man is not necessarily happy because he is rich, or unhappy because he is poor.... Millions will always remain poor.
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The country needs someone with experience and determination to make tough decisions. All the money aside, it is important that Greece restore its reputation.
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Procrastination is the enemy of time and results in lost opportunity.
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And I've got some screenplays and plays ready to dip into when I need to.
