David Hare Quotes
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The utterly fallacious idea at the heart of the pro-war argument is that it is the duty of the anti-war argument to provide an alternative to war. The onus is on them to explain just cause.
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I'm a night owl for sure. I was born at 1 A.M., and that's the excuse I use.
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Most of the people nowadays send their things by internet. But I cannot work that way. I like to do it myself.
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I grew up playing golf, and if I were ever good enough to play professionally, I would get to travel the world while playing a sport I love.
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If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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Becoming a vampire means completely changing your identity.
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I think the government must recognise that the wounds of conflict are even more grievous on the mind than the body, and indeed may even serve to fuel further conflict. Where conflict cannot be avoided, provision of adequate psychosocial services to prevent the adverse mental health consequences should take priority.
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While marriage is historically associated with dire obligation and clipped wings, I've found that it actually liberates you to take on adventure and achieve your dreams. I like to call my husband 'my person.' Find your 'person,' and you can do anything!
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I'm a sponge for historical images of black people and black history on film.
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How boring would this world be if everyone was the same?
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My reading of philosophy and history is desultory; I know so much and yet so little.
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The name of the Redskins will remain the Redskins.
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For a man, there's a big responsibility that comes with having a boy because men are made by their fathers. If you've got a good productive man around it's better. I have such a close relationship with my dad and that responsibility to produce a good man is something I think about.
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I could have taken the easy life and just done classical, but I felt very strongly about the album, my first pop album, the first time that I'd fused so many influences. I was very proud when it was in the charts in 25 countries at once.
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I've had money thrown onstage, dollars, couple of five-dollar bills. I took the money, but it wasn't much.
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I do think that the audience thinks it's funny when you break, but if you do it all the time, it loses something.
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People get in fights because they don't communicate, because you don't want to hurt the other person.
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Boyfriends? Psh, like I've got time for that!
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We cannot build foundations of a state without rule of law.
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Its only when you are a great actor and are recognised for your good work that you become famous. Unless you are in the news for the wrong reasons!
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If you keep saying two plus two equals five over and over again, then that is what people are going to think. Maybe it does equal five if we keep changing the definition of what's normal and what's right and what's wrong.
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Men fall in love with their eyes - they like what they see - and women fall in love with their ears - they like what they hear!
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Once at the White House I was asked to conduct the Drum and Bugle Corp. The man just handed me the baton and I finished the song. It was great. I got to keep the baton.
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The actual business of writing dialogue is not thought of as a craft.
