Neel Burton Quotes
Depression: the healthy suspicion that modern life has no meaning and that modern society is absurd and alienating.
Quotes to Explore
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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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I just want to do my job.
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Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it.
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I'm not shy about trying to find what truth there is in any genre, whether that be an action piece, a sci-fi piece, a small indie film, or a play. I'm open to it all.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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A culture produces ideas which are being explored, which of interest to that culture at that moment. And I think one of the things a writer can do is to take those ideas and go a bit further with them.
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I want medical experiments on animals stopped. They don't do anything, and they don't work.
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Being black, Latino, or Asian is not a genre. Romantic comedies, thrillers, action - those are genres. I think there's a lot of people who want to have the conversation. I don't think people are afraid of it, I just think it's the time to have that conversation. Race is not a genre.
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The notion of religious liberty is that you cannot be forced to participate in a religious ceremony that's not of your choosing simply because you're out-voted.
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I want to be someone who is a great representation of a black woman in Hollywood, a black woman in the entertainment industry.
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My social circle, my best friends, are all people that I met at UCB.
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I'm a huge fan of the Clintons. I love Hillary; I love Bill.
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A frame of adamant, a soul of fire,No dangers fright him, and no labors tire.
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The last thing a drunkard loses, you see, is his cunning: it outlasts his soul by a long season.
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And we're going, 'Oh, Captain Clever! Whoa-ho-ho! Rattle it, and if it doesn't go off, it can't be a bomb!'
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The nonsense about President Obama being a Muslim has got to stop. I rise to defend him from this absurd accusation by pointing out that he is obviously an atheist.
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It's very easy for people to put out music.
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I'm in the major league now.
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You may be pulling from different influences because of different things that are going on in your life, different people that are around you and more experiences to pull from.
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I'm not just selling out Yankee Stadium; I'm selling out stadiums in Mexico, in Argentina - with my bachata. I try to stay true to what I do.
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When I started to play, all the coaches said it didn't make sense for me to try to play tennis because I was too small. They said I would never make it. But this was something that motivated me. I really wanted to make it.
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By the time I was seven, I did a sonnet at Shakespeare's Globe theatre for Shakespeare's birthday because my dad had been at the first season of the Globe and was friends with the artistic director. Somehow, that lead to me doing a sonnet!
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Depression: the healthy suspicion that modern life has no meaning and that modern society is absurd and alienating.
