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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I was working at the NSA. I don't know, I was just bored. I just knew that's not what I was supposed to be doing with my life.
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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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When you have a movie, you know who they start out as and where they go. But this is constantly changing, and you're growing with the character.
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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 ask the rights to pursue happiness by having a voice in that government to which I am accountable.
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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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I've been in so many love triangles on TV and in real life.
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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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But while doing that I'd been following a variety of fields in science and technology, including the work in molecular biology, genetic engineering, and so forth.
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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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I became a better listener than I ever had been as a result of playing Jean Luc Picard because it was one of the things that he does terrifically well.
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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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'War Horse' is just an extraordinary being.
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When you constantly push your mind and body in your chosen field and never give up your confidence will be unshatterable!
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Jobs has within him sort of this conflict, but he doesn't quite see it as a conflict between being hippie-ish and anti-materialistic but wanting to sell things like Wozniak's board. Wanting to create a business.
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I love food: biscuits and gravy, cheese grits, spaghetti and meatballs, chicken-fried steak with white gravy... but my favorite dish is my wife's beanie weenie cornbread casserole. It's so good. It sounds stupid, but if you eat it, it's heaven. Of course, it's only something you can eat if you've got a lot of money.
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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.
