Karen Allen Quotes
I watch many, many, many independent films every year that you see once in a film festival and they're never heard of ever again. Many of them are very, very good.
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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When I was on 'Trauma,' the first order was six, which turned to 12, and then there were rumors of getting cancelled. I'm used to that.
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I have to be realistic about what I can and can't do. So whatever I do has to really be worth it. I like to master the things I do.
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You can have the greatest player in terms of mastering an instrument and you could be yawning your head off when you hear them. So, it's not what you do, but the way you're doing it and in the end that's all that we have.
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Helping out in your kid's classroom is a great way to get involved with your child's school.
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I'm not going to lie; the most fun of writing these books is just saying, 'Where am I going to write about? Let me go there!'
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I have accumulated so many experiences, so much, that I want to be able to realize so many things. This is why I have basically given up most of my positions.
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I'm into my grime, hip-hop, dance, and house music.
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There is no shortage of embarrassing facts about healthcare, and people die every day in the U.S. due to preventable errors - would you fly planes if you knew several of them would drop out of the sky every day?
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A good amount of the guys wanted to date me. Even older guys looking at me. It took some getting used to.
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A jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build one.
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Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.
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And the idea of just wandering off to a cafe with a notebook and writing and seeing where that takes me for awhile is just bliss.
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I am God's vessel. But my greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live.
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I walk around every day with a radio playing constantly in my head, and this radio station plays a lot of hits. But it's all my songs, so that's something to be excited about 24 hours a day.
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We must expect to fail... but fail in a learning posture, determined no to repeat the mistakes, and to maximize the benefits from what is learned in the process.
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If you compromise in any kind of movement or any kind of wave of revolution, if you sort of play the game, things are gonna change far more slowly than you need them to.
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I don't think the economy telegraphs very clearly where it's going.
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It is a great evil, as well as a misfortune, to be unable to utter a prompt and decided 'no'.
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Some things are worth the fat and calories, although I have to watch it like a hawk.
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No way they could threaten him, not even with Amelie; he'd already given Amelie the finger on the way out of Morganville and he clearly wasn’t worried about her coming after him— or, if so, what would happen when she did.
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But, you know, I just did a big trip in the spring to Vietnam and Cambodia and Thailand, and that's when I bought a Kindle. I have like 15 books on this one little gizmo. But when I came home, the first night I picked up the book that was on my nightstand and I went right back to that.
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If I go out to dinner with you and you order wine, I leave. I won't be around drugs and alcohol at all.
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I watch many, many, many independent films every year that you see once in a film festival and they're never heard of ever again. Many of them are very, very good.
