Neil Marcus Quotes
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As many of you know I travel a good bit and do not get to see my friends and family as much as I would like.
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One of the rules of the road is that if you want to create the sense of silence, it frequently has more pungency if you include the tiniest of sounds. By manipulating what you hear and how you hear it and what other things you don't hear, you can not only help tell the story, you can help the audience get into the mind of the character.
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In the hands of a passive-aggressive person who wants to abdicate responsibility for things, texting is a great tool. You can really go nuts.
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When I'm working in the studio, I like to be on my own because I don't know where I'm going; I want to be completely free to spend lots of time on songs.
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Love is the whole history of a woman's life, it is but an episode in a man's.
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'Girls' feels very active and stirring a conversation and controversial, and you can't really ask for more as an actor.
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I think the Bush Administration was bound and determined on regime change, and we will be paying the price of that for some time to come.
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All bad qualities centre round the ego. When the ego is gone, Realisation results by itself. There are neither good nor bad qualities in the Self. The Self is free from all qualities. Qualities pertain to the mind only.
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I don't write women who are weak or simpering.
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I believe that all nations - strong and weak alike - must adhere to standards that govern the use of force. I - like any head of state - reserve the right to act unilaterally if necessary to defend my nation. Nevertheless, I am convinced that adhering to standards, international standards, strengthens those who do, and isolates and weakens those who don't.
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The moment with Hawkeye is all about mutual attraction, expressed without filter from him, and a surrendering of social guardedness from Cora. She accepts his directness as her own.
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Give a smile to everyone you meet (smile with your eyes) - and you’ll smile and receive smiles...
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There is always something about conscious tact that is very irritating.
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And so these parties divided upon that midnight plain, each passing back the way the other had come, pursuing as all travelers must inversions without end upon other men’s journeys.
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You have to understand the role the landlords are playing in shaping neighborhoods, how they potentially expand or reduce inequality, how their profits are a direct result of some tenant's poverty.
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I think it helps in any comedy room for a woman to have very strong, respected convictions, because then it opens the door up a little bit for other women to have that.
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I just can't remember a time when I wasn't involved with animals and wildlife.
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Shooting in Los Angeles is always pleasant and comfortable. Shooting in New York is like being on 'Survivor.'
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Take life slowly and deliberately, making sure to acknowledge the people who have helped you succeed along the way.
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It’s a sad thing that the march of time and evolution of mores can rob one of the ability to laugh at simple domestic abuse.
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Is it wrong to trust in a beautiful lie if it helps you get through life?
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Acting had been a hobby that turned into a career, the directing was a hobby that turned into a career, and music just really allowed me to find another way to express myself. I started playing bass in November 1996, and by June 1998 I was doing my first live show.
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No, you can't deny women their basic rights and pretend it's about your 'religious freedom'. If you don't like birth control, don't use it. Religious freedom doesn't mean you can force others to live by your own beliefs.
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Disability is an art - an ingenious way to live.
