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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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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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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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 launched NARS with 12 shades of lipsticks, and many, many launches later, I'm still most proud of our lipsticks.
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I knew Henry Fonda was my father, but I didn't know who I was. They all thought of me as Henry Fonda's son. Unfortunately for them, they never got to know me.
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If my wife was to say, 'Honey, I'd like you to go to PSG', I would have to take it into account.
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There are a lot of people using technology that are playing to a click with backing vocals already stuck in there on some computerized thing that runs along in time to the show so they have these amazing vocals that are only partly the guys on stage producing them at the time.
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Every time you win, you're reborn; when you lose, you die a little.
