Neil Diamond Quotes
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Every step and every movement of the multitude, even in what are termed enlightened ages, are made with equal blindness to the future; and nations stumble upon establishments, which are indeed the result of human action, but not the execution of any human design.
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To receive everything, one must open one's hands and give.
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If Mr. Bush and Mr. Forbes don't get most of the votes, they should be arrested for wasting money.
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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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We must always remember that the Chinese revolution was not a peasant's revolution, but one of the extreme Right.
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I don't think good and evil are polarized.
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I am a very selfish person.
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If I had a gun to my head and I had to choose between theater and film I'd choose theater.
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The Nobel Peace Prize has always been a joke - albeit a grim one. Alfred Bernhard Nobel famously invented dynamite and felt sorry about it.
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As a result of 50 years of emancipation, feminine qualities were dying out or being transferred to the males. Pansies of both sexes were everywhere, not yet completely homosexual, but confused not knowing what they were. The result was a herd of unhappy sexual misfits... the women wanting to dominate and the men to be nannied.
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I was sitting alone in a grim mood – furious that the press attacked Senator Edwards on the price of a haircut. But it inspired me – from now on, all haircuts, etc., that are necessary and important for his campaign – please send the bills to me... It is a way to help our friend without government restrictions.
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One must act in painting as in life, directly.
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A manager's job is simple. For one hundred sixty-two games you try not to screw up all that smart stuff your organization did last December.
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Clark Gable seemed fascinating all his life because there wasn't so much information about him. Today, you're on television all the time.
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We're still leaderless. We still don't have strong organizations that are fighting for us; there isn't a national AIDS organization out there worth squat in my opinion.
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One doesn't have to get anywhere in a marriage. It's not a public conveyance.
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Now we have new tools for exploring the deep and have to pull together a deep exploration program that takes advantage of them.
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There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.
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But the drugs are kind of like taboo, at least among me and my friends and the people I've worked with.
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I learned jazz; that comes from blues. I learned rock; that comes from blues. I learned pop; that comes from blues. Even dance, that comes from blues, with the answer-and-response.
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I love what I do, but I've got a life out of here. I like to spend time on the computer. I like technology. I like music. I like movies. I like to go out and party. I like my cigars, but I don't drink, and I do like to keep a low profile.
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I've only suffered writer's block badly once, and that was during the writing of Chamber of Secrets. I had my first burst of publicity about the first book and it paralysed me. I was scared the second book wouldn't measure up, but I got through it!
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When the storytelling goes bad in a society, the result is decadence.
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Love on the rocks, ain't no surprise. Pour me a drink and I'll tell you some lies.
