David Hare Quotes
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Music is always there, but if you're asking me my first love, it's film.
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Women are blessed with energy - a power which is unique. I have been very fortunate to have played strong women and explored their strengths through my films.
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My songs have a lot going on in them -they're packed with sounds. When I have only three or four minutes to capture something, I guess I can't stand the idea of any bar going unloved.
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I don't believe in societal restrictions. It wasn't a choice - conformity simply never occurred to me.
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Homophobia is rampant in soccer, probably more so than in any other sport. I'm not sure why.
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I was there when the quote-unquote golden age of musical theater was flourishing. I met everybody who worked in theater or was famous in theater from the '40s on.
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You don't want to put all your lead on the target. You want to leave some arrows in the quiver.
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I've been accused of wanting to allow terrorists to have weapons to attack America.
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There is a strong sentiment within the Tea Party that favors a stronger America on the global stage, and with that comes a strong alliance with the State of Israel.
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Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.
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The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, said an eminent scholar, have God for their Author, the Salvation of mankind for their end, and Truth without any mixture of error for their matter.
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Architecture is how the person places herself in the space. Fashion is about how you place the object on the person.
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When I look at myself, I'd like not to have hair on the top of the ceiling.
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How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.
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The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage.
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This was the period when I used all the influence I had to get the British to abandon their export trade, and as much as possible convert all of their manufacturing facilities to the immediate needs of the war, including civilian, as well as military requirements.
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I've got spider veins all over my legs, so I wear opaque tights all winter. All sorts of colours.
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It was a huge shock. I've never had hair that short in my life! I think the rest of the cast and crew were mourning my haircut more than I was! But after a while, I felt liberated, I learned to embrace it.
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No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself.
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No other question has ever moved so profoundly the spirit of man; no other idea has so fruitfully stimulated his intellect; yet no other concept stands in greater need of clarification than that of the infinite.
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There seems to be a kind of order in the universe, in the movement of the stars and the turning of the earth and the changing of the seasons, and even in the cycle of human life. But human life itself is almost pure chaos. Everyone takes his stance, asserts his own rights and feelings, mistaking the motives of others, and his own.
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All women and girls have the fundamental right to live free of violence. This right is enshrined in international human rights and humanitarian law. And it lies at the heart of my UNiTE to End Violence against Women campaign.
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Come year-end, there will be more capital deployed in newspace in 2016 than 2015. I see that trend continuing for the foreseeable future.
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The future of American film lies on television.
