Fred Allen Quotes
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I have always loved and appreciated the Giants organization, my Giants teammates, and the fans of San Francisco.
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The characters are always the focal point of a book for me, whether I'm writing or reading. I may enjoy a book that has an intriguing mystery or a good plot, but to become one of my real favorites, it has to have great characters.
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That attitude and toughness that we want to play with, that, to me, is the most critical thing.
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We haven't even begun to see just how many transactions are going to take place online.
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I regard sports first and foremost as entertainment, so dry documentary narration is not for me.
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I've been told by journalists that Facebook is upset anytime we're mentioned.
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I like the sudden shock of non-sequitur color. Color, in fact, is my weakness.
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I ask the rights to pursue happiness by having a voice in that government to which I am accountable.
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Against the bold, daring is unsafe.
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England and Denmark have a sense of irony and a darker sense of humour that you don't necessarily find in Germany and Sweden.
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As an actor, you have to give up all control to the director. He's the boss, and has all the power. I'm a control freak, so that's really hard for me.
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The older I get, the more I'm prepared to do things for the money.
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I'd just like to be in films that I would like to see.
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The great act of faith is when a man decides he is not God.
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I am fortunate enough with my career that I can speak out to the masses and hopefully be a part of initiating change.
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There was a moment when we were casting 'Groundhog Day' when Bill Murray was not at the top of my list. He'd been getting crankier and crankier. By the end of 'Ghostbusters II', he was pretty cranky. I thought, 'Do I want to put up with this for twelve weeks?'
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I am a bit of a bad boy. I have tattoos and I mess around. That's part of my image, so it's cool.
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I think we love watching rich people behave badly. It has a sort of grisly fascination for us.
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Independence is a heady draught, and if you drink it in your youth, it can have the same effect on the brain as young wine does. It does not matter that its taste is not always appealing. It is addictive and with each drink you want more.
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I was incredibly lucky that my first book found a large and loyal readership. It changed my life - from being a very withdrawn adult to living in Paris as a full-time writer. It has also given me enormous confidence.
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In 1980, business at my company, Chuck E. Cheese's, was thriving and I was feeling flush. So I bought a very large house on the Champ de Mars in Paris, right between the Eiffel Tower and the Ecole Militaire. The home was quite amazing: At six stories, it spanned 15,000 square feet and featured marble staircases and a swimming pool in the basement.
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I make the most money, I think, in Russia and Paris, for the people of those countries are so willing to be amused, so eager to see something new and out of the ordinary.
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I'm from L.A., but everyone thinks that I'm British.
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The first thing that strikes a visitor to Paris is a taxi.
