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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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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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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Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked.
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I try to be - well, not holy - but my whole family is very religious, and I want to be like that, too. So I try my hardest to be more in touch with the Lord.
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The study of history reveals that human progress has not been continuous and regular, but intermittent and spasmodic, often depending upon apparently accidental causes. It is difficult to get a cross-section view of society at any given stage.
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I think in every country that there is at least one executive who is scared of going crazy.
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Letters have been found with my name on assassination lists.
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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.
