Neil Strauss Quotes
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Every concert I've finished with the knowledge I've played a fistful of wrong notes.
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I'm twitchy. I think I've got ADD. I find it hard to sit down. I need to be constantly challenged; otherwise, I get very... well, I guess 'bored' is the word.
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I'm involved with Kid One Transport and Studio by the Tracks in Alabama. Kid One literally transports kids to better health by giving them transportation they may need to get medical care. Studio by the Tracks is an art outlet for mentally challenged children.
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I'm not the perfect model of what an athlete should be, mentally or physically.
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I have to prove myself in a lot of ways - as an actor, as a person, as someone who can handle pressure.
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I want to play a fireman and a spy. I want to learn special effects.
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It is neither my intention to depart from the route of John Garang nor to change the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.
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Miley Cyrus is about making money. Amanda Palmer is about making art.
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I never consciously do any work directly influenced from any movie, unless I'm doing a parody.
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If you go back to all my albums, they're all confessional.
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I felt that it was cool to even get to the point where I was able to audition on the actual 'SNL' stage. Looking back on it, I can't believe that I wasn't more nervous.
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There's no denying it: I was a crappy baby who failed his way into this world, and I've been making the best of it ever since.
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The fact that you are willing to say, 'I do not understand, and it is fine,' is the greatest understanding you could exhibit.
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We all have different perspectives on the world. I'm a woman. I live in Chicago. I'm gay.
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I think every family is dysfunctional, and some manage to control it better than others.
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I just keep thinking how lucky I am that I haven't had to sacrifice anything.
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What you wear can be such an indicator of so many things. You know, how you feel, how you want others to perceive you. So, that is an absolutely essential part of building a character.
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Mrs Morel always said the after-life would hold nothing in store for her husband: he rose from the lower world into purgatory, when he came home from pit, and passed into heaven in the Palmerston Arms.
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What is so bad about big government? My indictment of big government is that it is bad because it attacks liberty, prosperity, progress, harmony, and morality. Thanks to big government, we have significantly less of all of those good things than we would if we had been able to keep government right-sized. Big government is cancerous. Like a cancer, it hurts the body and tends to spread, doing more and more harm as it grows. It is time for some radical surgery.
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Scarlett Johansson was wonderful in 'Lost in Translation,' and then, seemingly within a couple of weeks, she became completely Hollywoodised. I was shocked. I didn't recognise her. I hope to God it's just a phase.
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I will never say I am committed to somebody unless I'm serious about that person.
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People see you on television, and they think you make the same amount of money that Clint Eastwood does. But this is PBS. All these shows are done for free.
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The ignorant are not blissful; they are the butt of a joke they're not even aware of.
