Carl Hart Quotes
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At school, I'd refuse to take part in biology lessons when animals were being dissected. One time, the teacher announced that we would be gassing worms. So I ran around the room, gathered up all the worms and set them free in the fields. I just loved animals and couldn't bear the thought of them suffering.
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When we watch stories, we learn empathy, we learn compassion, and hopefully we achieve some sort of understanding.
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I had aches and pains when I played. No player is ever 100 percent, 80 percent, 85 percent. Guys that play 158 or 162 or 145, we are all in the same boat.
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Americans are people who prefer the Continent to their own country, but refuse to learn its languages.
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Making $30,000 on my first business deal was exciting, but not as exciting as the sudden knowledge that I did not have to work for anyone again.
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There's so many great songs already written, it's kind of really wonderful you don't have to write your own.
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I'm a huge fan of James Dean, that got me started. Nowadays I smoke four packs in a day.
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The audience has always been my best director.
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At the end of the day, New Yorkers need a mayor who understands the problems they face, brings a smart plan and good people to the table, and, more than anything, has the independence, courage and conviction to do the right thing.
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Segregation is that which is forced upon an inferior by a superior. Separation is done voluntarily by two equals.
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Children play soldier. That makes sense. But why do soldiers play children?
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I don't let my picture be taken. I'm on too many hit lists.
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I keep saying I'm going to cut back on styling, but it's hard to give up.
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Anyone who has grown up in Delhi knows it's horrible.
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I'm a huge fan of Kate Beckinsale. Sigourney Weaver gets me excited. Angelina Jolie... There's just so many women that do 'tough' really well.
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I see ghosts.
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My primary passion is film-making. That's the aspect of my life that defines me, completes me, and completely grounds me. Everything else - from judging a reality TV show to hosting a talk show - is just a result of me being a film-maker. I am the happiest, satisfied and at peace when I am behind the camera.
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I learned how to shoot when I was pretty little.
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A lot of people assume that once you're working in Hollywood you become some sort of glamour-diva, which could not be further from the truth about me.
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We live with a distinct double standard about male and female aggression. Women's aggression isn't considered real. It isn't dangerous; it's only cute. Or it's always self-defense or otherwise inspired by a man. In the rare case where a woman is seen as genuinely responsible, she is branded a monster - an 'unnatural' woman.
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I have always tried to create a non-specific world, a blurry vision of universal experiences. I realise that sounds a bit pretentious, but I do try very hard to write words that aren't immediate first-person reactions to solipsistic ups and downs.
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Above all, always be capable of feeling deeply any injustice committed against anyone, anywhere in the world. This is the most beautiful quality in a revolutionary.
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Politicians move when the public requires them to move.
