Debbie Allen Quotes
The radio for these women is like television is for us today, which is really like looking at the radio.
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I got to do the movie, and people who enjoyed 'The Birdcage' came out to see me on stage when I did 'Forum.' It introduced me to a whole new audience that wasn't familiar with my stage work.
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Like the Elizabeth I play, Queen Elizabeth is a monarch who actually moves with the times. She gets new information, assimilates it, and changes in order the fit in with the way the world is moving. I admire that.
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The idea of a soulmate is beautiful and very romantic to talk about it in a movie or a song, but in reality, I find it scary.
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I make mistakes on a very grand scale.
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But now that I'm a blonde, guys are so blatant about coming on to me.
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No critic writing about a film could say more than the film itself, although they do their best to make us think the oppposite.
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Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying No to any authority - literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social and even political.
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Remember, China is the largest country in the world, so they have the confidence, the capital and resources to create large companies.
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While teaching, I also worked undercover in the lower courts by saying I was a young law teacher wanting experience in criminal law. The judges were happy to assist me but what I learned was how corrupt the lower courts were. Judges were accepting money right in the courtroom.
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Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.
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The trip to Iraq confirmed that I made the right decision when I voted against lending Iraq the $18 billion the United States plans to use to help rebuild the country.
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If you can play live and support yourself, it's one of the few ways you're going to actually get paid in this business these days.
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Credit you give yourself is not worth having.
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I don't have time to listen to anybody's music. I'm making it, you know.
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I think Ingmar Bergman, Francoise Truffaut - all these people created images in my mind, beautiful pictures, I loved what was known at that time as the foreign film.
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I had to make peace with my past because I can't change it.
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I will not get very far with this attitude.
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Like its Senate counterpart, H.R. 1908 is the product of years of bipartisan collaboration. And now, by passing S. 1145, the U.S. Senate has a similar opportunity to restore our patent regime to its rightful position of protecting inventors' property rights and spurring innovation. These are values that all Americans should rally behind.
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Some politicians were probably too lax about the rise of an extremist, fundamentalist, radical ideology.
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It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it.
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I've had rough first trimesters. But once you get into the second, it's fine after that.
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I loved the study of psychology. I didn't love seeing patient after patient. I was perpetually overstimulated, busy decoding everything I took in.
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I think we have to fight the idea - that I think a lot of us have internalized - that it is difficult to work with other women. We really need to embrace collaboration with other women. We need to seek out other women to promote.
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The radio for these women is like television is for us today, which is really like looking at the radio.
