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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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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I started as an engineer. I migrated to philosophy and international politics. And I did my studies about African – Africa democracy and democratization in Africa, taking Kenya as a model. And then, while I was doing so in 1996 in South Africa, Al Jazeera was established. So they requested me to be an analyst on African affairs.
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I really have to pace myself. I work about 75 hours a week.
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I don't wait on the music industry to qualify me or give me my paycheck. I go about my business as an artist and I believe that my value is in my product and in my art form, and that's why I can't be stopped, because I began producing my record by myself, without a record company.
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I've come to terms with the fact that standing and screaming in someone's face about how wrong they are is never gonna make anyone change.
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Photography was a blessing because it filled my time. If I had to start over, I'd pursue photography - probably to the exclusion of acting.
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The first thing that strikes a visitor to Paris is a taxi.
