Thomas Nagel Quotes
Absurdity is one of the most human things about us: a manifestation of our most advanced and interesting characteristics.
Quotes to Explore
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In today's society we sometimes forget to balance our hearts and our heads; this is the reason we stop laughing.
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It is my first preference to do films with social significance. Art cinema has given me credibility and status as an actor, but commercial cinema has given me a comfortable living.
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I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.
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Speed can't always get you wickets.
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Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper function of the critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it.
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I'm far from being a homosexual.
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T.V.'s weird because it's both the greatest gig as an actor potentially because it can be all this work for all this time, but there are so many question marks at every stage of the process.
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I was going to college to be a doctor.
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I really think that I don't mind people sleeping during my films, because I know that some very good films might prepare you for sleeping or falling asleep or snoozing. It's not to be taken badly at all. This is something I really mean.
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I don't really live like a musician myself. I think music is just something that I do, but I'd like to be doing lots of other things. I like to cure all kinds of illness.
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Every child in American should have access to a well-stocked school library.
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Right knows no boundaries and justice no frontiers; the brotherhood of man is not a domestic institution.
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I've always - I grew up on the old-style traditional type of golf course, tree lined and all small greens, big undulations. And Oakmont just fit my eye.
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Any good actor has to have a good sense of humour, too; they have to be able to manipulate people.
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Writers who sit down and write might judge what they're putting down, but I always just try to barf it out. I'm writing crap, but I'll put it down.
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Here in the big city people spend their time thinking about work and about money; they don't give some value to friendships and it can be depressing.
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It became clear to me that I had to push it toward a more representational way of drawing.
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I think coming to work and being absurd and neurotic and thoughtful at the same time is far more interesting.
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My first real kiss was actually on the set of 'The Vampire's Assistant' with Jessica Carlson who plays my crush in the movie. I was 15, she was 14. It was actually her first kiss too, so it was an interesting situation!
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Human beings who blind themselves to human need make themselves less human.
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Meeting Oprah Winfrey, I cried like a baby. Meeting Steven Spielberg, I cried like a baby. Meeting Denzel Washington, I gushed like a crazy woman. If I don't get excited or star struck by someone I've been dying to meet, it's time to retire.
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In legislation we all do a lot of swapping tobacco across the lines.
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Absurdity is one of the most human things about us: a manifestation of our most advanced and interesting characteristics.
