Michael Newdow Quotes
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The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
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I have the rare privilege of talking to my dad every night at 10 p.m. and hearing about what he did that day.
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The reason why I moved from Young Thug to Jeffery was because I felt like I did a wrong turn.
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In a small space, you want to keep the bedding as simple as possible so it looks clean, calm and collected.
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What's powerful about a love scene is not seeing the act. It's seeing the passion, the need, the desire, the caring, the fear.
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I kept my head; I mean, I've never been one of those people who ended up in the gutter with sick in my hair.
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The NIH syndrome (Not Invented Here) is a disease.
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I get very angry when I'm hungry and there isn't time for lunch.
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I love to sleep. I'm an excellent, excellent sleeper.
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I didn't harbor a huge desire to become a chef until I graduated from college.
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People put limitations on their creativity, believing they have to rely on what they know and what they have done.
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The first time I landed in New York and got a cab to my hotel, I was completely struck by it: a feeling of life and chaos, 24 hours around the clock, just like in London. And whatever your problem is, it's insignificant. You're just a small part of something very big.
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For some reason, I have always been interested in the stories of people who are exiled and who are deprived of rights. My main motive to make a film is to keep the society in mind and the hospitality adhered.
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I went on tour in the play H.M.S. Pinafore.
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I had to wait a while to get the scans back but it shows nothing in terms of needing surgery which is good. I hurt my AC joint and I just need to strengthen it. There is an outside chance to start training by the end of this week and if not than the start of next week.
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It's insane that, since the Beatles and Dylan, it's assumed that all musicians should do everything themselves. It's that ridiculous, teenage idea that when Mick Jagger sings, he's telling you something about his own life. It's so arrogant to think that people would want to know about it anyway!
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Don Quixote is one that comes to mind in comparison to mine, in that they both involve journeys undertaken by older men. That is unusual, because generally the hero of a journey story is very young.
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I'm constantly having to check my conscience about what I'm writing and the responsibility of what I'm saying.
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Does man think because he has found that thinking pays? Does he bring his children up because he has found it pays?
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I do feel like my music, in some weird way, is probably better suited for cinema than for anything else - I can't really explain, other than I think that music has been mostly inspired often by soundtracks.
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I don't think losing things - in my case, the use of my legs - really damages or hurts you. What hurts people a lot is taking humiliation. A lot of the wars going on right now in the Middle East aren't about poverty and exploitation. They're about humiliation. For a long time, the British and French have been humiliating the people of the Middle East, and encouraging people like Israel to do the same. Israel started out as a socialist state, but we always encouraged them to become rather racist and look down on the local inhabitants, which they now do. It's sad that's happened.
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I think it's fair to say we're both in the business of self-obliteration through music.
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As I flew back from New Zealand to bury my mother, it occurred to me that no matter how harrowing her loss was and how keenly it will always be felt, there was, nevertheless, a sense of relief that my father, sisters and I could say a final goodbye after the longest goodbye and relief that my mum had finally been released.
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I think the Constitution has been upheld. I think they made the right decision.
