Brian Greene Quotes
The real question is whether all your pondering and analyses will convince you that life is worth living. That's what it all comes down to.
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I think a lot of young girls see actresses, and they think of red carpets, and they think of 'Us Weekly,' and they don't really think about the breaking down of a script and what that requires and what you would need to pull it off.
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Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.
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We have a very loyal fan base, the kind tat buys the record the day it comes out, sees every show, and that's fantastic, but what about the people who would never hear about our band?
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I think it's always dangerous to make political arguments in a religiously ideological way. And it's very dangerous to treat as traitors to the American nation those who think differently.
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I've been very fortunate with my three spec scripts - which is sort of my thematic trilogy of the American Frontier. With 'Sicario', 'Hell or High Water' and then 'Wind River' - which is the third - there were no rewrites. It was the first draft for all three.
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I don't work out but generally I am fit, which is why I don't work out.
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Take me, I am the drug; take me, I am hallucinogenic.
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Led Zeppelin. Queen. Deep Purple. These were the bands I listened to. I still listen to them.
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I think it's difficult to do fashion for men, because either you become very over-homosexual fashion or very boring fashion. You don't want a boy who looks 15 in a little pair of shorts with some strange art... But to see just a jacket and tie is boring.
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Thrift shopping is all about going into the thrift shop and having no expectation of what you might find.
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I knew I wanted considerable education so that I wouldn't have to work as hard as my parents.
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The Medicaid system currently steers people toward nursing home care. Far more people can be covered in community-based care programs for significantly less.
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I've been in some bad TV shows and suffered through so much poor writing.
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I didn't have a lot of communication with Elvis. You had to go through a barricade to get to Elvis. It was people hanging on every word, and I felt very uncomfortable a lot of times.
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It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
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I don't really approach a character as to whether or not it's good or bad. I just approach a character as to where it lives in me.
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Later in life, when I'm retired and have a family of my own and will be able to send my kids to college, that's when I'll start spending. Way too many athletes go broke these days, and I like saving my money so that I can ensure my family and friends currently and after me will never have to endure some of the things I did when I was a kid.
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I am not the archetypal leading man. This is mainly for one reason: as you may have noticed, I have no hair.
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For years I did most of my reading on the F train between Brooklyn and Manhattan. I had long commutes, and I read tons of books on that train; I loved it.
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I need my comedy to offend. That's my personal views.
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I don't believe in spending money lavishly, now that I'm making money.
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Success comes to those who dedicate everything to their passion in life. To be successful, it is also very important to be humble and never let fame or money travel to your head.
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The most difficult idea to reconcile in war is the notion that anything is going to be solved by killing a stranger, or in risking your life for a cause anchored in some distant political arena.
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The real question is whether all your pondering and analyses will convince you that life is worth living. That's what it all comes down to.
