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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When the people who are responsible for our country ask you a direct question, I expect them to accept a direct answer, not to be blackballed because you are telling the truth.
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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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I am interested in shows that are not out-and-out gag fests: you see the truth of a broken heart behind them. That is what life is like: it's really funny, you see funny things as soon as you step out of the room, but underneath that is a whole bag of broken hearts. It's that real pain and that real hilarity that makes life so intriguing.
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For me, every sound has its own minute form - is composed of small flashing rhythms, shifting tones, has momentum, comes, vanishes, lives out its own structure.
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The people who will succeed fifteen years from now, the countries which will succeed, are those which are most based on a sustainable vision of the world. That is what we should be training people to do
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I learned French in Tunis, along with Arabic. I also learned French history. I knew the entire history of the kings of France. And I was fascinated by Versailles.
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I like horror movies, they're fun. It was the most fun I've had on a movie set.
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The ignorant are not blissful; they are the butt of a joke they're not even aware of.
