Neil Strauss Quotes
Men are a hundred times worse than you can imagine. We are thinking the worst, shallowest thoughts, all the time.
Quotes to Explore
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Unfortunately, there is still much to mine in this world and explore creatively.
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I just want to do my job.
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It's a different era. Our job now is to show leadership and vision and to help the next generation of artists.
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All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
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I will never support any tax increase on middle-income earners, ever... If you're not going to eliminate loopholes and exemptions, then I wouldn't support lowering rates.
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There are moments when I am really not happy with how I look, or I think it would be an easy way out to try and do the conventionally attractive thing. But part of it is that I don't have the energy to put on, like, makeup. If people want to do that, that's fine. But I've learned that it's not for me.
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The surface is all you get of me.
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Vegetarians in general don't like me.
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Maurice was a silly man. Maurice liked being silly.
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I am just a plain Jew; I mean have no training.
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Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper.
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I respect the system out there in Hollywood, I really do, but I'm very intent on art versus commerce. I want to do it all - film, TV and theatre - if it's the right job.
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My friends told me that it's the hardest thing to separate the personal life from their work.
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I want to be like a Muhammad Ali, like a Julio Cesar Chavez. So when people talk about boxing, they have to remember Canelo.
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Let me think about the people who I care about the most, and how when they fail or disappoint me... I still love them, I still give them chances, and I still see the best in them. Let me extend that generosity to myself.
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I do what I can do to help my defense.
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I had never been out covering a story, but boy, was that fun.
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The magic of creation has always fascinated me.
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What a good session musician does is listen to the song, to the artist, and to the other players. That way you can help bring out the song and help the artist express what they want to express. It's never about you stepping out and showing you can play something fancy.
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Fresh sneakers are important on a man. It's like a new pair of boxers or a new pair of socks.
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My life has been, I suppose, the most incredible series of highs and lows.
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One should live between extravagance and meanness. Don't save money by starving your mind. It is false economy never to take a holiday, or never to spend money for an evening's amusement or for a useful book.
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None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.
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Men are a hundred times worse than you can imagine. We are thinking the worst, shallowest thoughts, all the time.
