Debbie Allen Quotes
I use something that is a real staple in the directing world. It's called a dance floor. You lay it down so that it's so smooth you can roll around, and you can put furniture on top of it. It's seamless and you don't see it.
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The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
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People don't buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons.
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Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.
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I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.
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We need not worry so much about what man descends from - it's what he descends to that shames the human race.
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Many people in this world are still so identified with every thought that arises in their head. There is not the slightest space of awareness there.
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The Internet is fascinating but also stupid in a way. You only see two-dimensional images, and you think you've seen it and know it.
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Power says if you are a committee chairman, your idea is good only because you have got power.
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I'm definitely not a super great guitarist. Ultimately, I just write a lot of love songs.
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I never wanted to be one of those 'Where are they now?' kids.
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Pictures are for entertainment, messages should be delivered by Western Union.
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Once you join the queue for the immigration line, pay attention to what the expeditor tells you. Have your papers ready. Don't have your cell phone out. Take off your hat. Open your passport to the page with your photo and present it to the immigration officer already open.
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Fashion intersects a lot with art and film and music, and that was appealing to me. I read a bunch of fashion blogs and wanted to be part of the community.
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Most computers today have built in backup software.
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We're sad about some of the losses of members of great seniority and distinction in the Congress, and some very new members, who will no longer be serving with us.
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The way I like to start a new project is to take a cover song and make a stab at it, ideally one that has nothing to do with the people in the room.
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People get numbed when they see picture after picture, year in and year out, of people starving.
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What is a face, really? Its own photo? Its make-up? Or is it a face as painted by such or such painter? That which is in front? Inside? Behind? And the rest? Doesn't everyone look at himself in his own particular way? Deformations simply do not exist.
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I meant that the Chinese people are not aware of their own entrapment. They believe they live in a free society, but don't realize how much they are being monitored and controlled, how much the information they receive is restricted and warped, until they step out of line, that is, and feel the heavy hand of the state fall on them.
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The world does not have an Islam problem; the world has a dignity problem.
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The Savior is the perfect example of praying for others with real intent. In His great Intercessory Prayer uttered on the night before His Crucifixion, Jesus prayed for His Apostles and all of the Saints.
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Success doesn't come overnight, especially for women.
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I have a rendezvous with life.
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I use something that is a real staple in the directing world. It's called a dance floor. You lay it down so that it's so smooth you can roll around, and you can put furniture on top of it. It's seamless and you don't see it.
