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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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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I can't even imagine what it's like and right now I'm like in shock, I can't believe that I'm Olympic Champion.
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I don't want to be liked. I want to be respected.
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Before 'Memphis,' I had never considered working on a musical. But when Joe DiPietro sent me the script, I heard the entire score in my head.
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When I sat down to write 'Rules of Civility,' I didn't write it for anybody but myself. I wasn't trying to make my mark or make money. I wasn't anxious about feeding my kids or whether my father would be proud of me.
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I was sort of a jack-of-all-trades in show business for a long time. I was a singer and a dancer, and then I got a job as an actor.
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There's not that much English folk music that is really that appealing.
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Most times we would make more money in the tip boxes - they called it - than we were getting paid.
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The actual business of writing dialogue is not thought of as a craft.
