Michael Hastings Quotes
I have a deep-seated skepticism about the morality of violence. Violence is almost always morally corrosive.
Quotes to Explore
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The world at large doesn't always make sense to me, and there are safe havens. Linda Manz in 'Out of the Blue' is one of them.
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It's true; once you are a father, there's no turning back. Your heart strings as well as your purse strings are never again the same.
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I'm not trying to do anything too tricky.
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I suppose I have played a lot of put-upon women, but it's never bothered me. They've never been weak – they've always got steel in them.
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All companies that grow really big do so in only one way: people recommend the product or service to other people.
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I think you don't do work for controversy alone, and whenever you do new work which people don't understand and they say it is done to create controversy.
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Our intent of how we're going to play doesn't change.
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I won't allow magazines in the house. When I was younger, I wanted to have my hair cut like so-and-so in the class above me at school, not somebody in a magazine. You see young girls trying to dress like so-and-so because they've seen lots of pictures of them.
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It's very important to me to love what I do. It was important to me to find a career that I truly enjoy. You can find something that sort of excites you, that's half the battle of life.
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For a black male, the sound of the blues is pre-Civil Rights. It's oppression.
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The thing about curly hair is that it's a toss-up. Some days you can let it air dry and it's better than a hair-do, but some days you just look like a sloppy person. I'm really resistant to a trim. I only do it when it gets hard to brush out in the shower, then I'll submit, begrudgingly.
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I had a rat-tail when I was younger. I had this nice Bobby Brown fade, with a rat-tail that was long enough to wrap around my face. I used to chew on the end and bite it.
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As a political metaphor, a revolution could, in that sense, mean only a return to better times, or to the true constitution: a ridding of excess or usurpers.
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'This Is Not That Dawn' is remarkable in part for its careful and sensitive attention to women's lives - and also for its harsh critique of men and their failure to stop violence.
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People expect comedy from me but I am not just a stand-up comedian anymore. I act on stage, host 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa' and also conduct interviews on my show. I have grown as a person and an artiste.
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I had more clothes than I had closets, more cars than garage space, but no money.
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The carbon tax is the single biggest rolled gold example of Federal Labor not listening.
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I've grown up by the beach all my life, and I almost get anxiety if I haven't been swimming for a couple weeks or a month. It kind of builds up, so I try and get out as much as possible.
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When we were growing up, we listened to all sorts of music, but the first band that really grabbed all of us live was AFI.
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Writing about sex turns out to be just writing about life.
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Over 120 Aboriginal communities run their own health services - some have been doing so for 30 years. They struggle with difficult medical problems. They also try to deal with counselling, stolen generations issues, family relationships, violence, suicide prevention.
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My mind boggles at the amount of violence inflicted upon children in today's society.
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You always need younger guys if you're going to be successful in the long term.
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I have a deep-seated skepticism about the morality of violence. Violence is almost always morally corrosive.
