John Allison Quotes
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The men who founded and governed Massachusetts and Connecticut took themselves so seriously that they kept track of everything they did for the benefit of posterity and hoarded their papers so carefully that the whole history of the United States, recounted mainly by their descendants, has often appeared to be the history of New England writ large.
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In rural parts of China, it's like stepping back into the era of my grandfather or great-grandfather - not much has changed.
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I think comedy is the perfect vehicle for that which is slightly beyond life.
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It is important that the audience should understand every syllable of every word, for only then can they grasp the meaning of the song.
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Tick is a cartoon character, I don't know if you're familiar with him. This is the third step in his evolution. Comic book to cartoon to, now, live-action.
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Anything that encourages people to pick up an instrument and play, I'm fully behind.
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The fact is that surveys which media people openly admit to show that fewer than twelve percent of their customers believe they're doing a good job, while the average profit margin in television is in the neighborhood of eighty percent.
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To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.
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I guess I had fun doing it but it has hard memories for me.
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Life is not a matter of place, things or comfort; rather, it concerns the basic human rights of family, country, justice and human dignity.
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I've always supported new music from classic bands, especially if it's good.
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I wasn't a sex symbol, I was a sex zombie.
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I see a New York that is once again the empire state.
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I had real big boobs, and I just got tired of knocking over stuff. Every time I eat, 'Oh, Lord'. I'd carry a Tide stick everywhere I go. My back was sore, so it was time to have a reduction.
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Georgia O'Keeffe proposed that I live with her. She was in New Mexico then, and I wanted to be in New York.
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My theory about why Hemingway killed himself is that he heard his own voice; that he reached the point where he couldn't write without feeling he was repeating himself. That's the worst thing that can happen to a writer.
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The thing I find frustrating about rock music is, how different can you make an acoustic drum kit sound, an electric guitar and vocals?
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It was despairing to find out that I am mortal.
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Just as Jesus called out Peter as being of the devil for tempting him to take an easy way out, I believe such thoughts originate from the same place of fear. We can’t imagine how we’ll get through such a painful ordeal, so we want to take the first way out we see. We don’t want to have to suffer, uncertain of when—or if—we will come out the other side.
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Deep within man dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action.
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The less somebody knows and understand himself the less great he is, however great may be his talent. For this reason our scientists are not great.
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People often assume New York City is no place to keep a dog. This is certainly what my parents told me when I was growing up there. But I have found this not to be the case at all.
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As a storyboard artist, you have to be able to draw anything.
