Neal Pollack Quotes
I decided that I wanted to do my own collection about a city that I knew something about.
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I got a telegraph from my mother who said that my step-father had had a heart attack, come home and earn a living. So I went back to England and the only thing I knew to earn any cash was through hairdressing.
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I hear all the time that boys don't like stories about girls. Which never made much sense to me. Wasn't 'Terminator' about a girl? And 'Alien'? Hell, I grew up on 'The Wizard of Oz.' People enjoy stories about anything if they're good stories.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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I have been in meetings where a head of state will say, 'I like your tie,' to a man... or, 'I like your country because the weather's good,' or whatever. So for me, the pins in some ways were openers.
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In the 5 years, well over 60,000 American families have been broken apart by the absence of insurance because the only way for parents to get treatment for their children is to turn the custody of those children over to the State.
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The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten.
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I think Trump is a very interesting candidate in this sense: I think he has cross-party appeal.
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I'll probably have to open a recording studio at some point because I won't be able to pay the bills.
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My parents were perfectly open-minded about everything. They never tried to convince us of what was true or what wasn't true in their minds. We were just presented with the information that was around and pretty much allowed - though, I mean, we knew how they felt. We knew they didn't go to church. So obviously that had an effect.
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We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding what is impossible to keep.
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What is certain about the future is that even the best efforts to predict the conditions of future war will prove erroneous. What is important, however, is to not be so far off the mark that visions of the future run counter to the very nature of war and render American forces unable to adapt to unforeseen challenges.
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The world was not supportive. They look at me as a joke for 13 to 14 years until I could prove feasibility; then I had competitors. Those that laughed at me became my competitors.
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The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.
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When lovely woman stoops to folly, and finds too late that men betray, what charm can soothe her melancholy, what art can wash her guilt away?
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For a sunrise or a sunset, you're manic or you’re depressed.Will you ever feel ok?
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People would say, 'Boy, I really loved you in Ferris Bueller," and it would really aggravate me. I thought I was a one-trick pony, and people had seen the trick. Now that things have worked out and I've gone on to other things, I'm really pleased that people enjoy it.
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Forty Wall Street is probably the most beautiful tower in New York.
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You become more tolerant when you become older. You're not interested in rapping people over the knuckles; you're interested in understanding them.
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Russia is not our friend.
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In New York City, everyone is an exile, none more so than the Americans.
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In general, I feel so much of pop culture is set in the generic big city, particularly comics. I feel like there are so many other stories to tell.
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I spent a majority of my life in Kansas City, so I am a Chiefs and Royals guy. I used to work for the Royals for like five years in the suites department and in the stadium club restaurant.
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Figure skating has been a great influence for me. I took dance at the School of American Ballet, which helped my own skating. And whether you are a skater or a dancer, without sounding narcissistic, it is all about looking in the mirror.
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I decided that I wanted to do my own collection about a city that I knew something about.
