Neel Burton Quotes
Loneliness is the manifestation of the conflict between our desire for meaning and the absence of objective meaning from the universe.
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Deeply consider that it is your duty and interest to read the Holy Scriptures.
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Although the French were very friendly and helpful. On one location we were to film at the top of the Eiffel Tower but we couldn't, as it was so misty with four inches of snow on the ground. We couldn't see a thing but we finally got it done.
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As a child, I had a serious illness that lasted for two years or more. I have vague recollections of this illness and of my being carried about a great deal. I was known as the 'sick one.' Whether this illness gave me a twist away from ordinary paths, I don't know; but it is possible.
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I'm very into science-fantasy, that kind of swordfights and magic and technology thing.
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God is the King. In him exists all legal authority.
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I have to start with elements of myself, which is what you always do as an actor.
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When a story is flying along, and I'm so into it that my 'real' world goes away, it can feel magical. I cease to be, my desk and computer ceases to be, and I am my character in his world. Psychologists call this a 'flow state,' and it's better than publication, money, awards, fame.
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I am fortunate enough with my career that I can speak out to the masses and hopefully be a part of initiating change.
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I would consider myself conservative but sensible and pragmatic.
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Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't they'd be married too.
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That's why, when Alias came along, I knew I'd be OK if the show was on for five or six years because the writing was so good and the creative team was so strong.
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While the average well adjusted man can make the reality that is generally accepted as truth into his own truth, the creative searcher after truth seeks and finds his own truth which he then wants to make general.
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Colour-blindness always extends to the complementary colours. Those who are red blind are also green blind; those who are blind to blue have no consciousness of yellow. This law holds good for all mental phenomena; it is a fundamental condition of consciousness.
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I repulse death with all my strength. If I accepted it, I would be a murderer.
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The function of the lawyer is to preserve a sceptical relativism in a society hell-bent for absolutes. The worse the society, the more law there will be. In Hell there will be nothing but law and due process will be meticulously observed.
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And me I'm in the bathroomcrying out my eyelids because it's hard to be a manwhen you're scared, just like a little kid.
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For me, a great joke is an idea expressed in extremely concentrated form.
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But, you know, sex is controversial, it just is and it always will be.
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Business is business. You know how that works. Because stations run on ad money. If they're playing a gay artist, then ad money dries up. So they have to be careful.
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On YouTube you can still watch the documentary Let There Be Light, by the great Hollywood director John Huston, which shows men undergoing hypnosis to treat “war neurosis.
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When you walk into a room, a healthy, beautiful smile is incredibly important.
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Loneliness is the manifestation of the conflict between our desire for meaning and the absence of objective meaning from the universe.
