Fred Allen Quotes
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I have to be on such a strict diet constantly.
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The problem of the world today is the people talk on and on about democracy, freedom, justice. But I don't give a damn about democracy if I am worried about survival.
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I think talent makes me really attracted to someone more than anything.
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Many artists and writers have used cannabis for creative stimulation - from the writers of the world's religious masterpieces to our most irreverent satirists.
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I like being unconventional.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.
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I love bayou life.
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Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it.
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A person standing in front of an audience without enthusiasm for his subject and his actions is disconnected from his spirit.
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I see no marks of Wordsworths style of writing or style of thinking in my own work, yet Wordsworth is a constant presence when I write about human beings and their relations to the natural world.
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It's tricky, performing the show live. Because when you're in a big auditorium, in front of 700 people, the natural tendency is to want to talk louder. You want to project.
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The systematic dismantling of reproductive rights, much like the takedown of collective bargaining, has been taking place in full view.
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The cultural expectation should be if there's infidelity, the marriage is more important than fidelity.
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When I had cancer, people were surprised at how cheerful and upbeat I was, but I couldn't let myself go to depression - to go there, that defeat would allow everything in. If you look too far into the abyss, you might never come out again. You can stand on the abyss and peep but not give in to sadness.
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It isn't glamorous until after the film is finished, and you are at the premiere and getting your picture on the cover of magazines.
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The airplane stays up because it doesn't have the time to fall.
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When I do write, it happens really easily. I'll just kind of sing along to whatever I'm playing, then find a line to build off of, then sit down and write. When I do write, I take care of business!
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Because many of us have been in game shows for some time, there's always someone around who can share a story of Johnny O or Jay Stewart that I never heard.
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Where pity is, for pity makes the world Soft to the weak and noble for the strong.
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In some extremely important ways, people are what you expect them to be, or at least they behave as you expect them to behave.
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If your son graduates from Harvard, people will regard him as smart and highly qualified for the rest his life and give him access to opportunities. He'll be able to get any job he wants.
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Hollywood is a place where people from Iowa mistake each other for stars.
