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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And the invention of transformations of certain figures has become the most important in musical composition.
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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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When I was younger, of course I had people act inappropriately to me. I've had certain directors yell at me. But I didn't stand for it, and I didn't let it go far enough for it to be in any way abusive to me.
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Big Bird was the biggest star, I mean, children's favorite for a number of years. I have a 22-year-old granddaughter whose first words were 'Big Bird.'
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I was deposed by a coup d'etat, by friends that I trusted and aided by the American Government.
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I've always thought of the western as American storytelling at its best.
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The future of American film lies on television.
