Marshall Allman Quotes
To me, 'Blue Like Jazz' is a quintessential American story. So many people are just like Don - raised Christian and go off to college only to abandon their beliefs in order to fit in or be accepted.
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When I was on 'Trauma,' the first order was six, which turned to 12, and then there were rumors of getting cancelled. I'm used to that.
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Broadway is really my life.
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The point is to change one's life. The point is not to give some vent to the emotions that have been destroying one; the point is so to act that one can master them now.
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I've had the good fortune of studying the 17th-century art of Amsterdam in preparation for a film.
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What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
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I have three boys, so I live in a household full of testosterone.
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
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With a focus on records and making money, you tend to miss a good story.
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There's a burden of representation that comes into play when there aren't enough representatives of a certain group in popular culture.
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Producing all my own songs and refusing to go to the hot producer. That's the biggest risk I've taken so far.
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Often times, we think of girls as soft and vulnerable. And we don't really think of them as possibly being the solutions to some of the world's toughest problems, but they really are.
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I'm English, and I started off as a songwriter, so I can't really escape that - it's there.
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I'm not a walking extra in a Chekhov play; I'm no Slavic gloom or Irish gloom.
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No such thing as a man willing to be honest - that would be like a blind man willing to see.
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It is no surprise that companies do not often respond to moral pressure alone. We need to hit them hard in their pocketbook and on their balance sheet. We need to show them that their stock prices will be affected if their actions encourage Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions.
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I'm not a size 0, and I'm nowhere close to it. But, I don't want anyone to know what I am so I like to design clothes so you don't know what's going on under there.
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I've made it my mission to make movies starring African American actors and about the African American experience and put them in the mainstream. They're very universal stories I've told - every movie I've done.
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I wasn't interested in holding onto the evidence of things.
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When I was growing up and going to art school and learning about African-American art, much of it was a type of political art that was very didactic and based on the '60s, and a social collective.
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A few years ago, kids from poor areas in France were asked to draw items of food. For a chicken, they drew a drumstick. For a fish, they drew a fish stick. Those are extremes, but there is a lot that needs to be done to help children discover good food.
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Coming back to a television series puts you back in the limelight and gives you a platform for your ideas. If you're not acting on a series, you don't get the ability to communicate to people.
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As far as I'm concerned, what I do is not a crime, because I'm only making people laugh, ... So I'm only being naughty, like a naughty boy. Anything is open to streaking. As long as you perform it in the right way, in the right context.
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To me, 'Blue Like Jazz' is a quintessential American story. So many people are just like Don - raised Christian and go off to college only to abandon their beliefs in order to fit in or be accepted.
