George Allen Quotes
I do think that the elections of 2010 and 2012 are going to determine the trajectory of the country. Either we're going to be aspiring and improving opportunities based on freedom and responsibility, or we're going to go down the path that dictates and mandates a dependency on government.
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In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.
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I get breakfast when everyone else is on their lunch break. I usually go to Dimes, which is a short walk from my apartment. Usually, I'll have chia pudding or an acai bowl and toast and sausage.
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We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.
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In Hollywood, you play a mom and instantly, you've got osteoporosis.
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After World War I the resentment of the working class against all that it had to suffer was directed more against Morgan, Wall Street and private capital than the government.
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Effective preaching starts with loving the people we're preaching to.
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Sometimes, I get afraid it has defined me, that sense of grief, loss and illness. But actually, it is about allowing myself to take hold and say: 'This is part of who I am, but not only who I am.'
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If you respect a language and culture, it shows in your work.
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Writing humor for me is more like a watchful-ness. You have to watch. When you say something funny, or someone else does, it's more like you wait for the piece.
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I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.
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I am happy that I have entertained people and made them happy.
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When I was very little my mother said I used to draw in the air with my fingers. I needed a pencil. Once I could hold one, I have drawn every day since.
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You don't see me in the club. And the reason is because I would rather be in the studio mixing these musical potions. Now sometimes they blow up in my face, and there's a lot of smoke. But that's who I am. Music is what I do.
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I've always wanted to be my own person and stand by the things I believe in and I thought I might lose that independence if I ran for political office.
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Design is important, it's an important dimension in the car. It's not the only one.
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Strange – I'm not much of a film person. I love watching films, but they don't stay with me the way books do. Stranger still, because my husband is a screenwriter!
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People want to see something that isn't necessarily somebody walking around in a superhero costume.
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Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion.
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I do think grand gestures are a hit and miss, especially for girls.
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I used to see media on Althea Flynt and she was very wild looking. She had a mohawk and she published Hustler-I thought that was crazy. But when you study her, she was so innocent and frail and sort of birdlike, and sweet. She stayed sweet until she died, but I don't know what happened for her to get into drugs or the things she got into.
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I moved to Dallas in 1975 and stayed there until 1980. That's when I decided it was time to move to L.A.
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The bonds of trust between the United States and Israel have been frayed, but even the hostility and disrespect the Obama administration has shown has not severed those bonds.
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If you want experiences to make you a better person, then you play two or three sports.
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I do think that the elections of 2010 and 2012 are going to determine the trajectory of the country. Either we're going to be aspiring and improving opportunities based on freedom and responsibility, or we're going to go down the path that dictates and mandates a dependency on government.
