Asa Alonso Allen (A. A. Allen) Quotes
When you can turn people on their head and shake them and no money falls out, then you know God's saying, "Move on, son."
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I think I was lucky I got into art college. That's what saved me.
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I don't need to be motivated by anybody. Never have.
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There is no button that you push and the next day you become independent.
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Spare no expense to save money on this one.
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Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.
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Some talk shows have become so exploitive and tabloid, I wonder if I can believe some of their guests. Where do they find these guests, and why do they deserve air time?
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I'm associated with gospel music in the minds of millions of people.
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I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.
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I actually started playing in little cafes around New York, and I have a lot of good friends of mine who are musicians who are struggling in New York.
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For the year after I left government service, I worked as a consultant to the Republican National Committee because the lawyers advised that was the proper way for me to comply with ethics regulations and continue to advise the President.
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An influential member of parliament has not only to pay much money to become such, and to give time and labour, he has also to sacrifice his mind too - at least all the characteristics part of it that which is original and most his own.
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You have to relish the challenge of television.
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We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place.
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No amount of debt restructuring, even debt forgiveness, will help the Greeks achieve real prosperity. What they need is not short-term relief but, rather, a long-term cure.
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Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it.
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Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.
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Having been subjected to the pigeonholing of Hollywood myself, I realized that once you become a studio-approved director, your chances of ever making your own film again are zero. You make the films that the studio wants you to make.
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I always try not to overload my music with orchestration and to use only those instruments that are absolutely necessary.
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Where the grifter is shameless, the grafter shrinks from exposure, which could only endanger the racket. He is greedy but not creatively ambitious. He toils in mundane self-dealing, insider trading, bribe taking, witness tampering, and other forms of workaday corruption.
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Anyone who has an imagination can write a book - it's cheap to do - but movies are big money.
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People say 'The Wire's bleak, y'know, but I see it as a love letter to Baltimore, and it's one written in a very strange and complex way.
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When you can turn people on their head and shake them and no money falls out, then you know God's saying, "Move on, son."
