Ray Allen Quotes
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One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honor or observation.
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You numb yourself so you're not terrified when you're on TV at 7 o'clock in the morning with Justin Bieber, who you just met a couple of days before, having to perform in front of millions of people.
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Paradoxically, since gay men rarely have gay parents, cultural transmission must come from friends or strangers (a problem since the generations so seldom mix in gay life).
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I give up on spending time on these courts; I give up on practicing before the tournament I hate. I hate this.
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It's better to be honest about your opinions than to pretend you don't have them.
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The whole nature of photography has changed with the advent of a camera in everybody's hand.
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Secular writers can tell a story about the physical, the emotional, and the intellectual parts of a character. But no matter how well they tell the story, they miss a facet that is innately part of all of us - the spiritual.
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I been all around the world and I haven't found a city that I'd rather be from or rather come back to than Los Angeles.
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The elegance and the quality - the talent is always in the literature. I start with the word and I base everything on that. It doesn't make any difference to me.
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Acapulco, Mexico: '...queer, dirty little dago town....The people are too revolting for words, super dagoes & some of them are quite black as a result of Spaniards inter-breeding with the Indians; & of course they only speak Spanish' (9 September 1920)
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Younger players in this music often turn out to be middle aged; it is not a young music.
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I put out tapes, but I always kept saying, 'Why am I putting all this energy into these tapes?' I was like, 'I'd rather make just an album because I have a vision; I know how I want to do my records.' I always felt like an artist as well.
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It's probably healthier to find fame later in life.
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When films are remade, it often becomes a big deal. In theater, it's called a revival.
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There is only one real deprivation... and that is not to be able to give one's gifts to those one loves most.
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I can remember every outfit I wore to every party going back to 1983.
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Yoga puts me in a place that is a little bit less about doing and more about being, which enables me, in fact, to do more.
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I love a good party - but I'm not all that attracted to a celebrity lifestyle.
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I was a maniac as a teenager; I'm not going to sugarcoat it. I was crazy.
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The problem with shooting in Paris is, it's been shot to death. When you're in it, you already think you're in a movie, so how do you get away from that feeling, and give some frisson to the viewer?
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I always picture my grandkids looking at their grandfather and saying, 'My grandfather was the last or the first to do something.' There's nothing like setting goals and watching yourself get there, accomplishing that goal and putting your name to a part of history.
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How many times do I have to repeat this: my childhood was fantastic.
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When I was 3, my parents strapped on a pair of Playskool plastic roller skates to my feet, and that's where the story begins.
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It was Chinese music. I couldnt understand it, but it had a good beat to it.
