George Allen, Sr. Quotes
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I am a massive fan of early electronica like Steve Reich, Pat Metheny and Thomas Dolby. I used to be a big raver, too, so anything dance. I love ambient music like Tunng. I love acoustic and classical, too.
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I have always had a sense of curiosity and aspiration.
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I came here to tell you the truth, the good, the bad and the ugly.
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The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.
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I'm twitchy. I think I've got ADD. I find it hard to sit down. I need to be constantly challenged; otherwise, I get very... well, I guess 'bored' is the word.
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Personally, it was a big honor for me meeting so many families of the fallen soldiers and hearing their stories.
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I feel fine about getting older because I'm in good shape. I'm 64 and I feel good.
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I think there's no higher calling in terms of a career than public service, which is a chance to make a difference in people's lives and improve the world.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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Fortune cookies are a good idea. If the message is positive, it can make your day a little better.
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I don't really think about anything too much. I live in the present. I move on. I don't think about what happened yesterday.
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Great necessities call out great virtues.
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There was a door to which I found no key: There was the veil through which I might not see.
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Yet the whole preamble of the second authorization act for the Marshall Plan showed the direction Congress was ready to take about breaking down barriers within Europe.
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We are seeing entrepreneurs issuing their own blockchain-based tokens to raise money for their networks, sidestepping the traditional, exclusive world of venture capital altogether. The importance of this cannot be overstated - in this new world, there are no companies, just protocols.
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All of us profit from being corrected - if we're corrected in a positive way.
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I think maybe because I do other things and they mean as much to me as movie acting, it takes the onus off me. It's not the end of the world if I can't get a film job, or if a movie doesn't turn out well - even though I don't like it when that happens.
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I'm not afraid to go completely over the top. A lot of people are scared to seem silly or to embarrass themselves, and I really don't have that at all - I don't mind making a fool of myself. I like to just have fun and really go for it.
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There is some big thing about the world that produced all these people willing to kill themselves just to hurt us. On 9/11 we learned we're part of that world, in the same completely crazy, drastic and arbitrary ways it hits other countries.
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I was just a kid when I started doing this,yoga, meditation, natural foods, acupuncture - things like were seen as practically voodoo. And today you can go into any hospital and they'll have massage, and Chinese medicine, and therapy, and a prayer room.
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I am in the world feeling my way to light 'amid the encircling gloom.'
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Far out there – that
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History has repeated itself many times througout the ages.
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Every time you win, you're reborn; when you lose, you die a little.
