Neil LaBute Quotes
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The whole world has American dreams. This country has people from all parts of the world. We have Irish who live here, we have Brazilians.
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I've always thought that I'd make a pretty good police officer, except maybe for the danger part. I have a rare medical condition that makes it difficult for me to risk getting shot, so probably I'd have to be one of those officers who work in 'do not shoot' areas.
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The survival of artistic modes in which we recognize ourselves, identify ourselves and place ourselves will survive as long as humanity survives.
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The gruesomeness of 'Death Line' was an absolute necessity for me to bring up the political content of the film. I wanted to show how devastating class distinction could be.
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You have injuries that bother you when you're not playing. When that horn blows, you don't feel it.
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I think the most rewarding part for me is kind of not knowing where the story's going next, and then finding out and being blown away by it.
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With 'The Simpsons,' people didn't know what they were gonna see. They didn't have a clue.
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No matter who the prime minister is, incremental changes take place. The economy moves on.
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Aside from my work, in my everyday private life, I'm not a very adventureous person. I don't look for change.
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I went to Disney World for the first time, and I got an ice cream cone. The kid at the booth recognized me and started tweeting... It was the first time in my life someone handed me ice cream for acting.
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The people that I admire have a wonderful balance of self-belief and humility.
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Tennis is mostly mental. Of course, you must have a lot of physical skill, but you can't play tennis well and not be a good thinker. You win or lose the match before you even go out there.
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I am a total sucker for an actor's autobiography/biography. I have probably read most of them.
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I personally don't feel the need to be radical for its own sake, but I probably couldn't if I tried anyway.
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Life's too short to drink bad wine or smoke poor cigars.
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claire:dont do anything dumb or ill kill you myself shane:ouch girl whatever happend to unconditional love around here
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When we did eventually get to the party - me walking next to Dad's Volvo driving at five miles an hour - I had a horrible time. Everyone laughed at first but then more or less ignored me. In a mood of defiant stuffed oliveness I did have a dance by myself but things kept crashing to the floor around me. The host asked if I would sit down. I had a go at that but it was useless. In the end I was at the gate for about an hour before Dad arrived.
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She'd always known he loved her, it had been the one certainty above all others that had never changed, but she had never said the words aloud and she had never meant them quite this way before. She had said it to him, and she hardly knew what she had meant. They were terrifying words, words to encompass a world.
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The literary wiseacres prognosticate in many languages, as they have throughout so many centuries, setting the stage for new hautmonde in letters and making up the public's mind.
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For me, I guess the general reason for using social media is that the connection I have with people who are interested in my music is extremely important to me. That connection is like the pillar in everything I do. I want to embrace that connection and make it stronger.
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To correct the evils, great and small, which spring from want of sympathy and from positive enmity among strangers, as nations or as individuals, is one of the highest functions of civilization.
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And with Aaron, I'd have to find a reason not to work with him.
