Neil Patrick Harris Quotes
I often feel like books find us for reasons, and we read them when we need them the most.
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I live in Derry, a little town in Ireland, and I don't have the background of Hollywood or Broadway.
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I was never the pretty girl at school. I'm tiny and mixed-race. I grew up in a white area. I was always the loner.
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I think my films kind of walk this line that I'm proud of, that they feel sort of like films of my youth, which were far more commercial.
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I reach my readers regardless of what the critics have written.
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A busybody's work is never done.
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When you look at someone good like J.J. Abrams who gives you the spectacle and great action set pieces but also gives you character and great story and plotting and narrative, I think it's my job - and my intention - to do both.
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I'd done some acting stuff when I was younger, around age nine.
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I think the hardest thing about making music now is being a great dad at the same time. There's an insanity that goes with writing - a mad scientist thing that you have to go through - and sacrificing a kid's upbringing to do that is not an option.
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No one out there is interested in who did what to whom in Westminster politics.
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We can ask ourselves why we invent God, and then, ten minutes later, we invent Satan - why? Because we need him; there's something fascinating about the other side of the coin.
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Politicians read the polls that show 85 or 90 percent of the voters profess a belief in God, so they identify themselves with religion, often only to the degree necessary to reach the constituency they are targeting.
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The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.
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You can blame my mom for some of my worst fashion moments. She used to dress me and my sister in a lot of patterns. Like, she would put me in striped stockings with a floral dress. Like, why are you doing that to me?
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Why am I so famous? What am I doing right? What are the others doing wrong?
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Britain is no longer one of the world's price setters. It is painful. It is a challenge to us in government to explain all that, and it is a pity that the political class is not preparing the public for it to understand how massive the problem is.
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Charity plays an important role in upholding the values and advancing the work of the United Nations.
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America's got amazing presentation, especially New York - the most potent, strongest, concentrated, amazing presentation.
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I don't like the info-dump, as it's known.
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I find that with period pieces, you're sort of able to really take advantage of what's around you because prop-wise, wardrobe-wise and location-wise, it's all so specific due to that time.
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Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
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I left Beijing in 1987, shortly before my books were banned there, but have returned continually.
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There's a misconception that actors with no background don't get any exposure from big production houses. I think people should start rethinking about it.
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I often feel like books find us for reasons, and we read them when we need them the most.
