George Allen, Sr. Quotes
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My first car was an '84 Ford Taurus. It caught on fire from me trying to change the fuel pump, so that wasn't good at all. Dried leaves on the ground while I was trying to change the fuel pump. Don't do that. Do it on concrete.
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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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To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious. There are far worse things awaiting man than death.
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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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Together, Amazon and I are giving readers what they want - inexpensive, professional ebooks.
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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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I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.
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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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On the subject of the feminist business, I just never think...of qualities which are specifically feminine or masculine. I suppose I divide people into two classes: the Irksome and the Non-Irksome without regard to sex. Yes and there are the Medium Irksome and the Rare Irksome.
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There's no doubt I expect to die in prison.
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If you've got unemployment, low pay, that was just too bad. But that was the system. That was the sort of economy and philosophy against which I was fighting in the 1930s.
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In England a man is presoomed to be innocent till he's proved guilty an' they take it f 'r granted he's guilty. In this counthry a man is presoomed to be guilty ontil he's proved guilty an' afther that he's presoomed to be innocent.
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I'm just looking to make good movies and looking to be as good as I can be in them and that's about it. But I feel much more comfortable doing a comedy, but the fact that I got to try a few dramas, I feel I've tested myself a little bit.
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Every time you win, you're reborn; when you lose, you die a little.
