Steve Allen (Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen) Quotes
Ideas have consequences, and totally erroneous ideas are likely to have destructive consequences.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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I admit I do have some drawbacks and limitations as a candidate. Although I am a professional comedian, some of my critics maintain that this is not enough. I cannot deny that I stand before you untested and inexperienced - I only spent two years in television, never as a romantic lead or a song and dance man.
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I came into politics by accident. I may go out of politics by accident.
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I think it's OK to be confident in yourself.
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Certainly, in Italy, nobody takes light for granted.
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It's good to have a title that's not just one word. If you're gonna title it, you might as well try and say something.
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Saudi Arabia is one of India's most valued strategic partners.
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I read somewhere once that in the 1960s, fiction writers were troubled by the notion that life was becoming stranger and more sensational than made-up stories could ever hope to be. Our new problem - more profound, I think - is that life no longer resembles a story. Events intersect but don't progress. People interact but don't make contact.
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I'm an optimist, but an optimist who carries a raincoat.
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I'm not terribly confrontational, but I've gotten better at holding my ground.
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I try to just be the person I am, with a lot of sensitivity to the genre in which I'm playing.
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I think what I do differently from a lot of TV chefs is that I break down barriers and make fine food more accessible to the regular person, who might be intimidated. I try hard, particularly with wine, to make it not intimidating. It's sort of a teaching job.
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Truth is the ultimate power. When the truth comes around, all the lies have to run and hide.
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There's so many great designers. I'm a little bit of a vintage junkie when it comes to going out. I like to get unique pieces that you won't see everyone wearing, but at the same time I don't like to break the bank. I like to find great vintage pieces that you can hold on to for a long time.
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When I left Michigan and I came to New York, that was my goal, to be a professional dancer. And I sort of fell into singing by accident in a way.
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I approach my character with the question: What would an animal think? How would an animal respond? A lot of times, it's quick action and no fear, and sometimes it's irrational fear. You don't always know.
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It's interesting how some songs really lend themselves to performance in a big public venue and performance by a band and so on, and so they're even more successful in that context than they were on the record.
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Claghorn had long insisted that no human condition endured forever, with the corollary that the more complicated such a condition, the greater its susceptibility to change.
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Whether it's movies or television that I've directed, or characters that I've played, I'm just always fascinated by the moral ambiguity inherent in life.
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My faith does not lead me to think the Lord will provide us with roast pig, bread already buttered, etc. He will provide us with the ability to raise the grain.
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I never look forward, because I have no idea about how any of it happened to getting here. I've no idea how the next five years are going to be.
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Thank goodness we don't live in medieval times, when people fought wars over ideas.
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Ideas have consequences, and totally erroneous ideas are likely to have destructive consequences.
