Karen Allen Quotes
In the theater, actors are the essential element of the work. In a film, it's a real collaboration - not that theater isn't, because it is - but it's a collaboration to such an extent that you can give a performance in film that sometimes you look at and you go, "Well, that's not the performance I was trying to give at all."
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I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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I like to practise. With every new piece, you make mistakes and you learn. So it's important to get on and have another go.
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Number 4 should have been number 1. Thanks, Honey.
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Any government that has a sincere desire for reform and progress should understand the benefit of objective and constructive criticism.
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Indie movies got co-opted by the studio system. The studios insisted that only stars could make movies successful.
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This is the people's money, and we need to use it on their priorities. Increasing the pay of members of Congress is not their priority.
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If someone is alone reading my poems, I hope it would be like reading someone's notebook. A record. Of a place, beauty, difficulty. A familiar daily struggle.
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I've come a long way since 2007 when I kind of launched my golf career.
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There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king. And it's about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people.
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I gave up years ago on the concept that you could actually have balance in your life, I think it's a phantom chase.
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The lack of a consistent policy from major economies is the main source of volatility.
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When something is at risk or in danger or about to be lost, those are the moments you start to realize how much it means to you.
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Netanyahu supports - and he truly does support - building a Palestinian state within Israel.
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There is nothing like singing a song that 20,000 people know and are singing back to you.
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Bitcoin is one of the most viral concepts I've ever encountered.
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The other advantage is that in conventional manufacturing processes, it takes a long time for a factory to produce an amount of product equal to its own weight. With molecular machines, the time required would be something more like a minute.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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Cricket is very simple... you play till you can sustain.
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What's great about having an audience is they can let you know what they don't think is funny, and you can just cut that out and keep trying.
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Neophyte writers tend to believe that there is something magical about ideas and that if they can just get a hold of a good one, then their futures are ensured.
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There's always been something a little pathetic for me at the work parties I've attended, especially thinking back to the restaurants I worked in. I remember a Christmas party in which we all got free T-shirts with the restaurant on the front and our names on the back.
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Up against the corporate government, voters find themselves asked to choose between look-alike candidates from two parties vying to see who takes the marching orders from their campaign paymasters and their future employers. The money of vested interest nullifies genuine voter choice and trust.
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In the theater, actors are the essential element of the work. In a film, it's a real collaboration - not that theater isn't, because it is - but it's a collaboration to such an extent that you can give a performance in film that sometimes you look at and you go, "Well, that's not the performance I was trying to give at all."
