Neil Patrick Harris Quotes
As an actor, you most often play relatively average parts, so to get to play extreme versions of anything, those are the most exciting parts.
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I'm half Puerto Rican and every Friday we have rice and beans and chicken in my house - so that's like a very Latin staple. It's just so comforting. I look forward to every single Friday because I just can't wait for my rice and beans and chicken.
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I think you can soften people's hearts, even if they have a lot of hate. Music can do that if it's beautiful and honest. If I can do that - soften just one person's heart - I consider myself successful already.
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Baseball is not a lot of statistics to me. It's blood and tears.
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It's still going on. I guess it will be until Redmond quits, dies or is jailed.
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The biggest public mistake I ever made was that I chose to do 'Criminal Minds' in the first place.
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He who awaits much can expect little.
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Make the wise man within you your living ideal.
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I don't feel as if I belong to an age group.
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The whites come to applaud a Negro performer just like the colored do. When you've got the respect of white and colored, you can ease a lot of things.
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You'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea.
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From compassion springs humility. The ego is verily a gateway to hell. The person who is egoistic is far from being religious.
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I have roles in plays that I hope that I'll be able to do one day. I might be doing them at, like, the East Wilton Playhouse in wherever. But I think that Edie Falco... to get something even resembling her type of roles, that would be amazing.
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Whenever we think of Christ, we should recall the love that led Him to bestow on us so many graces and favors, and also the great love God showed in giving us in Christ a pledge of His love; for love calls for love in return. Let us strive to keep this always before our eyes and to rouse ourselves to love Him.
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The message is not so much that the worms will inherit the Earth, but that all things play a role in nature, even the lowly worm.
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Always wear sunscreen and wash your makeup off at night.
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Sometimes, trying to make a work of art can be very difficult and very painful.
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The early Billy Joel stuff I fell in love with, like Glass Houses, is a real rock record.
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A number of years ago, I found a book of photography by Weegee; he was a crime photographer in the 1930s in New York. He was the first person to put a police scanner in a car and drive around.
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A lot of times when people meet me, theyll definitely try to make me feel young or inexperienced. Like, Its all taken care of. Teenagers are such a discerning group of people. Theyll immediately sniff out anything that feels contrived. Im, like, constantly scanning myself to see if Im some corporate executive version of a teenager. Ive developed something of a fearsome reputation. People know that if you talk down to me, I will roll my eyes or whatever.
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I never said I was a genius.
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I think there is an enormous appetite for great roles for women.
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I have a mentality of not worrying about what people say about me, good or bad. That's not what I'm putting my energy into.
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As an actor, you most often play relatively average parts, so to get to play extreme versions of anything, those are the most exciting parts.
