John R. Allen Quotes
Afghanistan is going to be here a long time, and what's critical is that Afghanistan's relationship with its neighbors are, to the maximum extent they can be, constructive and operationally useful.

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I enjoy money. Not enough people in this world are happy. I'm determined to be contented, and having plenty of money from working makes it easier for me.
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There's no doubt in the world that directing makes you a better actor. Me, anyway. There's no doubt in the world that it makes me a more collaborative actor.
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Because of our social circumstances, male and female are really two cultures and their life experiences are utterly different.
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For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norms, even our cultural ideal.
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Honesty is something you can't wear out.
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I am pretty tough as a boss.
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I want to be an activist professor.
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A lot of times, you think you want something, and then you find something completely different.
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The unyielding resistance of the Cuban patriots is symbolized by our 5 Heroes. They shall never back down! They shall never surrender!
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Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of the womb.
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I am a person who is trained to look other people in the eye.
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Just because I don't show six-pack abs doesn't mean that I don't have them.
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I am extremely rebellious. I have this strong, defiant spirit.
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I think songwriting is the ultimate form of being able to make anything that happens in your life productive.
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As an actress, the joy of being able to play the three sides of any woman, which are the glamour, the pragmatic and the one not to be messed with, is pretty glorious.
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I love 'First Wives Club' and 'Death Becomes Her' and movies about women like that.
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I just want fiction to remain a vital force for entertainment and not just for contemplation. Both things can exist.
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I could be working 300 hours a week. I just say 'no.' The power of slow is the power of no. I can't go to every party I get invited to. I can't do every work thing.
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The talk show, as a genre, has been in decline for a while. It started with Jerry Springer, when the talk shows suffered a metamorphosis, going from the real and social issues to the hair-raising.
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Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of a witness.
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I do know that people treat me different with blonde hair than they do with red hair.
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If I can keep losing myself - and finding parts of myself - in other people's writing and direction, then that's all I can really ask for. That's all I want, to keep losing myself.
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Time is the wealth of change, but the clock in its parody makes it mere change and no wealth.
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Afghanistan is going to be here a long time, and what's critical is that Afghanistan's relationship with its neighbors are, to the maximum extent they can be, constructive and operationally useful.