Neil Welliver Quotes
Every painting is a war. You have to struggle every day, and to struggle every day with your inadequacies is a damn nuisance.
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The first time I thought I should be an actor was in school. I thought, 'At least this is something for which I won't have to study.' But I've realised that an actor needs to be constantly unsure about what he's doing and about what's going on around him. The moment you think you've nailed it, you're dead.
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From the spinners, Anil and I have been together for a long time and I respect him a lot.
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Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. Man is a social being.
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I feel like my brain is more geared towards a novel than it is to a movie.
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There's very few dork movies made by dorks.
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If it seems like you are playing around and not practicing, that's when you know you really love it.
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Growing old gracefully used to begin at about 35, but today women prefer to 'stay young gratefully' with thanks to designers, beauticians and plastic surgeons.
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To have the regard of one's peers is immensely moving.
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When I first started, I didn't really know how to structure a play.
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I am not a man of etiquette, I don't know manners. I simply call a spade a fucking spade, because that's what it is.
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The poet is a god, or, the young poet is a god. The old poet is a tramp.
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I’ve lived here for 20 years and I have been a citizen for 10 years. I hope I am a good one. I know I don’t take it for granted. I feel I am an awfully lucky person to be an American and I think that every naturalized American and every person born in this land should kneel on his knees every morning and utter a prayer for being an American.
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Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends.
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Information should never be used as a weapon on a team.
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For a long time, I felt like my identity was to fight. My identity was to be a world champion. That almost defined me.
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It's what I tell my daughters: Know that your birthright is to shine your light, and don't let anybody deny you of that right. Take responsibility for your life.
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I tend to think that there is a sophistication to everything at 'Saturday Night Live,' including the sketches.
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I'm reading more than ever. I used to find it tedious, but now it's like my little friend - it takes my mind off things.
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I always thought I was sort of awkward and goofy-looking. I'm still kind of gangly.
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What is the sound of one hand?
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The principal cause of war is war itself.
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In the seed and the soil, we find the answers to every one of the crises we face. The crises of violence and war. The crises of hunger and disease. The crisis of the destruction of democracy.
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Every painting is a war. You have to struggle every day, and to struggle every day with your inadequacies is a damn nuisance.
