Steve Allen (Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen) Quotes
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Empathy is really the opposite of spiritual meanness. It's the capacity to understand that every war is both won and lost. And that someone else's pain is as meaningful as your own.
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I never want to be anywhere else than in the rehearsal room. I mean, it's so lame to say, but it makes me supremely happy to work with people and to talk and invent and laugh.
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Ordinary Muslims in Europe, who suffer from the demoralisation caused by living as perennial objects of suspicion and contempt, are far from thinking of themselves as a politically powerful, or even cohesive, community, not to speak of conquerors of Europe.
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Writers have to be very careful and discerning because so much of the machine is out of their control.
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People want entertainment, a whole night of it, a whole experience.
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It is said that the West had a global policy in regard to Islam. That is stupid. There isn't a global Islam.
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Sometimes I will make CliffsNotes of my CliffsNotes.
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China's own recent history proves that when it opens itself, there is nothing its people cannot accomplish. A more open China will lead to a more prosperous and stable China. That's good for China, the United States and, indeed, the entire world.
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Harvard was the most intimidating experience. I felt so out of my league there.
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You make yourself do the physical aspects for a Christopher Nolan film!
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Beware of the man who rises to power from one suspender.
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I think Hollywood has seen what fandom can do for a project. You can definitely see that when you go to Comic-con.
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Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true.
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I regard Jesus, like the Buddha, as a figure with the power to shape our lives.
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I grew up in Newport, so I went to Boston growing up. The city holds a lot of special memories of my childhood, like the Swan Boats and Make Way for Ducklings.
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I like going in the ocean and leaving my hair for two days with the saltwater beachy look. I think that is part of the reason I would love to cut my hair short. I just wouldn't ever have to think about it.
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'The Muppet Show' spoke to me at 5, and it speaks to me in my late 30s in the same way.
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Rushdie is a hostage.
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The fact is that the British Museum had a complete specimen of a dodo in their collection up until the 18th century - it was actually mummified, skin and all - but in a fit of space-saving zeal, they actually cut off the head and they cut off the feet and they burned the rest in a bonfire.
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For us, there is no such thing as failure. You can't miss a deadline; you can't come up short on an assignment. You have to perform, period.
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What I think the average person wants is not a fight; they want to see something move forward in their own neighborhood.
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I wrote 'Channel Orange' in two weeks. The end product wasn't always that gritty, real-life depiction of the real struggle that happened.
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I happen to be very good with younger actors because I have extremely vivid memories of that time of my life, and kids are just funny.
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Dark energy is perhaps the biggest mystery in physics.
