Neil LaBute Quotes
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I was a very shy, overly big, kind of creepy-looking kid.
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I have to do something with my mind, or I'll get in trouble.
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The school I went to was a little farm school in Wannaska, student body 61 or something. There was a kid, the only black kid in our county, Dustin Byfuglien. He won the Stanley Cup a couple years back with the Blackhawks. Out of a class of 21 kids, he and I always had to be on opposite teams on everything because we were the most athletic.
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After retiring from competition in 1981, I did exhibitions and coached.
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Writing, overall, has never been what I'd call fun. It's fulfilling. It doesn't come real easy for me.
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Acting is a specific discipline. Just because you can sing doesn't mean you have the sensitivities of being an actor.
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The hardest thing for me about making movies, and that included 'M*A*S*H' because it was made like a movie, was starting and stopping.
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I love satire. Evelyn Waugh is one of my favorite writers of all time. He's hilarious. He's so wicked. He's so great. On the other hand, pure satire is an imitation. It doesn't really have any heart. It only holds things up to ridicule.
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[Bacteria are the] dark matter of the biological world [with 4 million mostly unknown species in a ton of soil].
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It all comes down to this: if your subconscious "financial blueprint" is not "set" for success, nothing you learn, nothing you know, and nothing you do will make much of a difference.
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Western audiences can gain an impression of China from my films. This is an excellent channel for promoting China`s culture.
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Everybody's got whatever problems they have. I refuse to let somebody's mistaken beliefs affect my life.
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You cannot do anything without rousing the masses to action.
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This is just rap. I'm not trying to make people think I'm some sort of scientific wizard or inspirational poet.
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I'd found that what I wrote and put out on records somehow was not fitting into how I perform on stage.
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In the state of grace, there is no such thing as opportunity lost that cannot be found.
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A writer is someone who has found a process that will bring about new things.
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You've got to learn the footwork, the positioning, how to box out, how to pass, how to shoot your free throws. All these things are necessary, not to be the No. 1 player in the world, but maybe you can play against him.
