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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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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The golden hour of invention must terminate like other hours, and when the man of genius returns to the cares, the duties, the vexations, and the amusements of life, his companions behold him as one of themselves - the creature of habits and infirmities.
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I joke around a lot about the manic times because they're funny. We manics do outrageous things and it is part of our colorful nature.
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This planet is for everyone, borders are for no one. It's all about freedom.
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I know of nothing more significant than the awakening of men and women throughout our country to the desire to improve their houses. Call it what you will - awakening, development, American Renaissance - it is a most startling and promising condition of affairs.
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In democracy everyone has the right to be represented, even the jerks.
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As a storyboard artist, you have to be able to draw anything.
