Neil Cross Quotes
I don't get on with novelists, don't enjoy their company. Once you've worked for a publisher, you understand the species, see them in their natural habitat, and it's not always pretty.
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I really like using the softening cream. It helps me go out there with confidence to do what I need to do, and at the same time, it's very functional and helps keep the hair out of my mouth so I can focus on pitching.
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I respect the Premier League.
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Research programmes, besides their negative heuristic, are also characterized by their positive heuristic.
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Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it.
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I know what I want to achieve in each book and the major points, but I don't plan right down to the chapters. I think that the characters write themselves in some degree.
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My mother was against me being an artist. She just wanted me to marry a rich man.
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I realized that I'm a soft person. I think I'm sensitive. I wanted very much to be tough and I think movie stars have a certain kind of resilience and toughness to them, but I'm quite a sensitive young lady in some respects.
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On the question of relating to our fellowman - our neighbor's spiritual need transcends every commandment. Everything else we do is a means to an end. But love is an end already, since God is love.
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I'm not going to be able to play it like somebody else.
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Let each person do his or her part. If one citizen is unwilling to participate, all of us are going to suffer. For the American idea, though it is shared by all of us, is realized in each one of us.
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I believe that when things are easy, people stay dormant.
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I was rapping in 1939. It's old. The roots are complex. And kids don't know.
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We need to focus on building up our own nation and creating jobs here at home.
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All men ought to think of Christ, because of what Christ will yet do to all men. He shall come again one day to this earth with power and glory, and raise the dead from their graves. All shall come forth at His bidding. Those who would not move when they heard the church-going bell, shall obey the voice of the Archangel and the trump of God.
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Emotions should be real; one shouldn't come across as acting.
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'The Fight Club' DVD is great. I like anything that has really good extras because as an actor, it's really great to see the behind-the-scenes stuff and see how different actors approach their particular project.
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You must enjoy the journey because whether or not you get there, you must have fun on the way.
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As a longtime former resident of 15 years in Washington, I wish that everybody would stay off the Mall with their political cause so that we can get out there, you know, and play flag football or Frisbee, or walk the dog or something - you know, which is, you know, what the National Mall should be for, in my personal opinion.
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Sometimes, I hate-watch television.
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Cue actor platitude, but I've been very fortunate and worked pretty consistently and have felt rather annoyingly grateful that I got to do what I got to do.
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Oh man, nobody is as tough as Mr T. Ice T is pretty tough though as well.
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My mother is going to have to stop lying about her age because pretty soon I'm going to be older than she is.
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I try to just talk about human stories and what I think about religion or teapots or whatever.
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I don't get on with novelists, don't enjoy their company. Once you've worked for a publisher, you understand the species, see them in their natural habitat, and it's not always pretty.
