Neil Young Quotes
I don't think I'm a thorn in the industry, I'm just another part of it.
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Every time I put on high heels, I think: 'Well, I'll fall over today.' Almost always, I don't. Almost. But all high-heel-wearing women live in constant peril.
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I'm the type of girl who's always had to buy jeans in three sizes because I never know what my body is going to do from one day to the next.
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The names are bigger, the show is worldwide, but I get a royal pass into life in the broadcasting business.
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Publishers vet books, and they do a good job keeping out the low quality. But they also miss some good quality.
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I learned that if you're going to be a troublemaker, you don't want a ton of witnesses, because there's inevitable fallout from living like you're in 'Lord of the Flies.'
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One place had a winning record that I went to, and that was Detroit. Rick Carlisle laid a foundation that gave us a chance to win a championship.
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Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.
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I'm sure that I don't know everything I want to know. I have so much more to learn.
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Combine the extremes, and you will have the true center.
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We're under some gross misconception that we're a good species, going somewhere important, and that at the last minute we'll correct our errors and God will smile on us. It's delusion.
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The physical journey in my films is indicative of the internal journey that my characters take.
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I want to do to you what spring does with the cherry trees.
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One of the things is, in the writing process, if you do it enough, you have a sense of where you are. I didn't have that with the first book as I was writing it. Now, as I write books, I have a sense of where I am. Unfortunately, the sense of where I am is usually behind.
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I have a skepticism toward romance. I believe that decency and companionship are, in the long run, more important in life.
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I've had people in the family, male and female, impacted by heart disease. But people can prevent it.
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The most important thing is to make the technology inclusive - make the world change. Next, pay attention to those people who are 30 years old, because those are the internet generation. They will change the world; they are the builders of the world.
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I read a great deal as a child. A lot of children go through a phase of reading in a literally voracious way. It is their primary imaginative activity. Maybe that's an experience which is not so common any more with the presence of television in every home.
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If you can’t fuck it, and it doesn’t dance, eat it or throw it away.
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I don't want to see Bowie in a tracksuit. He never let anyone see him that way. The outlet for my work is not just the music and the videos, it's every breathing moment of my life. I'm always saying something about art and music and fame. That's why you don't ever catch me in sweatpants.
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Trust the acting.
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There's a lot to be said for an American-style liberal-arts education, which prevents young people from professionalizing right away.
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When I first started making comics, I was living with a bunch of guys, old college friends. We had this deal. At the end of each day, they would ask me how far I'd gotten on my comic. And if I hadn't made my goals, they were supposed to make me feel really bad about myself. They happily obliged.
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I don't think I'm a thorn in the industry, I'm just another part of it.
