Neil Portnow (Neil R. Portnow) Quotes
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I'm from New York, so I'm not a big driver.
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Music was your real passion, this thing you held dear even above family. It was this relationship that never betrayed you. Once it became your job - this thing that was highly visible, this thing that became about commerce - that's when you were holding onto music like it was a palm tree in a hurricane.
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The motivation is important for me to act it, but I don't necessarily want the audience to know my motivation.
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A mortal lives not through that breath that flows in and that flows out. The source of his life is another and this causes the breath to flow.
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President Obama was never going repeal Obamacare - he was not going to be brought to his knees with the threat of a government shutdown.
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We're looking for people out there who have demonstrated that they are leaders, have track records of achievement, and want to be part of a force... of a much larger force of determined people who want to bring about, ultimately, institutional change.
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Despite recent speculation in the media, and after difficult but sincere consideration, I have decided not to direct 'Catching Fire.' As a writer and a director, I simply don't have the time I need to write and prep the movie I would have wanted to make, because of the fixed and tight production schedule.
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My voice and the styles and genres I sing all express my appreciation for what I hear.
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Various channels of dialogue must be kept open to build trust. I will meet North Korea's leader if it is needed to develop relations between the two Koreas.
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I kind of do think of myself as a superhero and just flying high, and doing these crazy flips.
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TV ushered in the age of postliteracy. And we have gone so far beyond that. I mean, what with the Internet and Google and Wikipedia. We have entered the age of post-intelligence.
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There are characters that become more popular as we fall in love with them.
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Even though I wrote 'The 3 Big Questions for a Frantic Family,' my life is as chaotic as most people's.
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I'm like a crockpot on low heat. My mind constantly comes up with ideas, but I abandon a lot of them after a week or two. It's the ones that keep coming to me, that keep picking up flavors, that haunt me, those are the ones that wind up getting written.
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I always find something interesting on Twitter that leads me somewhere else.
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The opportunity to be a storyteller is the greatest thing in the world, and I feel so lucky and really love it.
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We will explore the mysteries of science and harness the power of technology and innovation. We will realise the opportunities of the digital world. Our youth will learn more from - and with - each other.
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The prime minister is not a private individual, but the leader of the Jewish State and the Jewish world as a whole.
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I can't deny 'Fleabag''s a very personal piece, but it's not autobiographical.
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Engineers are often defined by their output.
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People like to put you in a little box, and that's where they are comfortable with you being.
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As I said a moment ago, there is no higher priority in our budget, or certainly in the budgets of the past few years, than providing for what is needed for the protection and security of our country and support of our troops.
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I fully support a national health care program for the U.S.
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I support artistic freedom and always have.
