Neil Young Quotes
I always try to get behind the guy steering the ship. That's the kind of guy I am.
Quotes to Explore
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I really do inhabit a system in which words are capable of shaking the entire structure of government, where words can prove mightier than ten military divisions.
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I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.
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I don't get bothered by fans.
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Science is not everything, but science is very beautiful.
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Long Kiss Goodnight has a huge cult following. They could make another version of that movie right now and make a lot of money.
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A modern health and social care system has to be completely focussed on the needs of its users.
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I really trust Susan Stroman. I really think she knows what she's doing. I really trust Andrew Lippa and John August. I think they have proven themselves over and over again and know what to do, and they have the big picture in mind.
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Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must seek new literary influences; he will have different emotions to express.
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Fashion has a long interest in collaborative situations.
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Prestige is the shadow of money and power.
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The textile industry became a huge deal in 19th century America, kind of like the tech industry is today. And that immigrant tradition continues, especially in tech, America's most dominant and dynamic industry today.
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Let's create a legal system that can work.
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I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.
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When you go to commercial, you want something to call the viewers back, and if you don't have a decent act out, the audience probably won't be there in the numbers you want when the show returns.
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I've had four children and I've done a good job and I'm happy in life.
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I think I was a decent actor, but it took a lot of work for me to make a choice on how to read a line.
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It's not only imagination, it's the distortion of the vision. You suddenly think, This person is idealistic, this person is strong, this person has dreams, when you know better most of the time. You put what you want to see on people.
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If a poem is each time new, then it is necessarily an act of discovery, a chance taken, a chance that may lead to fulfillment or disaster.
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My first rule of consumerism is never to buy anything you can't make your children carry.
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I just know you can not be on top forever. There's always going to be the next guy, and if I'm going to go down, I'd like to know I helped the next guy take my spot. You can't prevent the inevitable, but you can join the ship.
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Dad is a really surprising guy. Every time I think he's going to be useless, he ends up doing something amazing and saying exactly the right thing.
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Films set in 90210 are ten a penny. But there's rarely room to make films about a different postal code, to show the lives of ordinary Americans who have to live with very limited material resources.
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What I like so much about Corot is that he can say everything with a bit of tree; and it was Corot himself that I found [back] in the museum of Naples - in the simplicity of the work of Pompeii and the Egyptians. These priestesses in their silver-grey tunics are just like Corot's nymphs.
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I always try to get behind the guy steering the ship. That's the kind of guy I am.
