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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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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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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There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.
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I have stayed positiv,e and I believe I am still improving in every competition I enter.
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Most of my career was negative.
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There is one prevailing key to success. Do what you resolve to do. Then you'll be a success. If you can discipline yourself to follow through on your promises to yourself, your self-esteem goes up. Persistence is self-discipline in action. Self-discipline is the foundation of self-confidence .
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Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.
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Uniformity, in its motives, its goals, its far-ranging consequences, is the natural enemy of poetry, not to mention the enemy of trees, the soil, the exemplary life therein.
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We only get to be one person; we don't even get to choose that person. By the time we get ahold of ourselves, we are pieces already in play.
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Depression: the healthy suspicion that modern life has no meaning and that modern society is absurd and alienating.
