Neil Gaiman Quotes
I think... I would rather recollect a life misspent on fragile things than spent avoiding moral debt.
Quotes to Explore
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I think, for me, Julian Schnabel set a great precedent in being able to cross over so successfully. I feel like his artwork is kind of big, grand, and bombastic, yet the films that he makes are very beautifully sensitive, and I just feel that his filmmaking sensibility is very different from his artwork.
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I don't remember anybody's name. How do you think the 'dahling' thing got started?
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I was a big fan of Indiana Jones; then I realized he was kind of a fake hero. The real heroes are the people who work hard and do their stuff right, like firefighters and policemen.
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The best part of being blonde is forgivable momentary lapses of common sense.
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Ireland was, of old, called the Isle of Saints because of the great number of holy ones of both sexes who flourished there in former ages or who, coming thence, propagated the faith amongst other nations.
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The history of Bitcoin trading is a bubble, a correction, consolidation, and another increase. It's happened four times, and it will happen again.
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A cap on carbon is important because it sets a specific goal for reducing carbon emissions 80% by 2050.
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I'm a private intellectual, not a public one.
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The essential lesson I've learned in life is to just be yourself. Treasure the magnificent being that you are and recognize first and foremost you're not here as a human being only. You're a spiritual being having a human experience.
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I don't like guitar solos that are like, 'Look at me, look at me!' I like guitar solos that are little songs within the songs.
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As it is, relationships are difficult, aren't they?
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Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
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Divorce isn't one-sided, and I am by no means perfect. Becoming accountable for my role in the relationship was very empowering.
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I'm not a good Samaritan, I'm a businessman... The goal is to read and react. If we sign an artist that has potential for a shelf life way out in the distance, then we'll stay. But if not, then we won't.
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When I was growing up, there were so many musicals you could watch. I like the fantasy of musicals and I love music.
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Nothing is good in this society. This patriarchal society is bad.
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The urge for good design is the same as the urge to go on living.
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Businesses should no longer be allowed to depress wages by hiring illegal labor and then falsely claim that Americans don't want to do the jobs.
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During every really creative act, the artist finds himself homeless. To overcome this state he has to call up his last reserves of strength.
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What is extraordinary about contemporary art is the energy - it has our energy. New energy. Pieces hundreds of years old are beautiful from an aesthetic point of view, but without our modern energy.
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We are accountable for what happened at Dan River and have learned from this event.
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For the last year I've been at Stanford University as a student and I've had time to read the newspaper.
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I remember when I first met Jason Reitman with the 'Whiplash' script; he quickly became a mentor figure who guided me through the process and also protected me and made sure that when it came time to actually make 'Whiplash,' I was able to make exactly the movie I wanted to make.
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I think... I would rather recollect a life misspent on fragile things than spent avoiding moral debt.
