Fred Allen Quotes
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If they understand, which I believe they really are sensing, that the alternative the Republicans have been offering is to repeal what we've done, to go back to Bush policies - and if you asked the public what would you prefer, Bush economic policies or Obama economic policies, they take and prefer Obama economic policies.
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I'm a regular person. I know a lot of people love being famous. I don't like it. I'm just chillin'. YouknowwhatI'msayin'?
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At NBC I wasn't really sure if the grandparents were going to get my sense of humor on a particular topic.
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For the first time I go to La Scala, for each thing, for each rehearsal, my knees were shaking. But the audience was very fine with me.
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Tone is somewhat totalising in that, once I locate it, it tells me what kind of syntax to use, what word choices to make, how much white space to leave on the page, what sentence length, what the rhythmic patterning will be. If I can't find the tone, I sometimes try narrating through the point of view of someone else.
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I am honoured to be associated with a brand like Movado. It believes in the art of design and is known for its perfection worldwide. I have strong faith in the pursuit of perfection. I am looking forward to a long association.
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The great opportunity belongs to him who can see it, to him who can grasp it. The better part of your chance is right inside of you.
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I don't like running when I'm holding things in my hand, whether it's a dog leash or a baby jogger. My mechanics get all messed up.
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The guy who says, 'I love the challenge of managing,' is one step from being out of a job.
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I have decided to fight for my country, because we have build a success story in Guanajuato, with real results and more yet to come in the next two years.
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The first time that I ever saw Babe Ruth was in the Boston Red Sox clubhouse.
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All my fiction starts from a feeling of unique perception, the pressure of a secret, a story that needs to be told.
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In 1921, Harry Houdini started his own film company called - wait for it - the Houdini Picture Corporation.
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(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car.
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I'm an actor. That's what I'm gifted at. It's what makes me breathe.
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She told me that she would support me regardless of what I decided, but I'm so glad that I actually got to be a kid before having to grow up. My mom knows best about this kind of thing.
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Sometimes it takes dealing with a disability - the trauma, the relearning, the months of rehabilitation therapy - to uncover our true abilities and how we can put them to work for us in ways we may have never imagined.
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Even the weakest disputant is made so conceited by what he calls religion, as to think himself wiser than the wisest who think differently from him.
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I know one writer who has been subscribing authors without their permission and sending out what she thinks are helpful advice sheets, but they come off as if she's a know-it-all. She thinks she's marketing herself and her work. All she's really doing is turning readers off.
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I'm sure some cynical people would point to that as the main reason for doing it for a lot of people.
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I've already had a hard time dealing with some of the trappings of success and turned to some pretty stereotypical escape routes - ways of escaping my own reality and falling into some pretty clichéd situations.
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I think we have a creative impulse where suffering can magnify our work, but so can joy. You can be in love and write the greatest love song ever. Sometimes I think too much suffering makes it difficult to do one's work.
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I eat out three times a day most days of the year. This is no big deal to most New Yorkers, and it is not something I am necessarily proud of - it's simply the nature of my itinerant life.
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An associate producer is the only guy in Hollywood who will associate with a producer.