Sarah Addison Allen Quotes
I'll give you one day at a time, Claire. But remember, I'm thousands of days ahead already.
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I am a story-teller, and I look to academic research... for ways of augmenting story-telling.
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If a Chinese student does not know Chinese learning, it's like a person without a surname, a horse without a bridle, a boat without a helm. The more Western learning he possesses, the more hateful of China he will become. Even if he becomes a capable man of vast learning, how can he be of any use to the state?
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The joining of the whole congregation in prayer has something exceedingly solemn and affecting in it.
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For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.
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Even a purely moral act that has no hope of any immediate and visible political effect can gradually and indirectly, over time, gain in political significance.
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If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.
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I always wanted to act. I guess I've always been a bit of a drama queen.
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I am an artist, and I have the ability and the free will to choose the way the world will envision me.
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I've never had to fend for a child's life, which sounds very terrifying.
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We must forget the prewar time, which was totally different. The sooner we adjust ourselves to the new, changed world, to its new, albeit harsh, beauties, the sooner will each individual be able to find his own personal happiness. The distress of Germany will spiritualize and deepen us.
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It was weird - my parents would let me have some Green Day albums but not all Green Day albums.
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I like my hands. They do most of the talking.
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I went out of my way to try not to be an artist, because I thought I would end up leading a miserable, obscure life. I tried to escape it for as long as I could, until I had to admit at 25 that that was my path.
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I felt we must separate political responsibility. The Dalai Lama should not carry that burden. So that is my selfish reason - to protect the old Dalai Lama tradition. It is safer without political involvement.
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The owners have the right to pay you whatever they want to. They don't have to pay you if they don't want to.
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If I am training on a holiday, most likely nobody else is - and that gives me the edge. If I'm supposed to run for 20 minutes and I get back and it's only been 19:34, I'm going to jog in a circle for 26 more seconds. I'm never going to cut it short.
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I've evolved, but I'm the same dude, I'm just in a different place. We all change, we all grow. I shouldn't be in the same place that I was 30 years ago; I should be more intelligent, you know.
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My ever-present mania meant I was never phased by staying up twenty hours a day or by the different time zones. I was Superman.
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Be careful. I wouldn’t want anything to happen to the worst Spanish student in the history of the language.” I laughed. “No problemo.
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I just want to carry on the way we [ Joy Division] are, I think. Basically, we want to play and enjoy what we like playing. I think when we stop doing that I think, well, that will be the time to pack it in. That'll be the end.
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The need to make music, and to listen to it, is universally expressed by human beings. I cannot imagine, even in our most primitive times, the emergence of talented painters to make cave paintings without there having been, near at hand, equally creative people making song. It is, like speech, a dominant aspect of human biology.
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There is no secret. It is all about doing the same things time and time again. It is all about doing the best every day.
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I'll give you one day at a time, Claire. But remember, I'm thousands of days ahead already.
