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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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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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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Human beings and their actions constitute the advancing front, the surging crest of an ongoing movement that never stops.
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Patience is passion tamed.
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I think, even though homophobia still exists, there is much more of a dialogue and a taboo around being homophobic.
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Since 2009, 140 Tibetans have immolated themselves to protest Chinese policies that limit their freedom of movement, speech and religion, especially their right to venerate the Dalai Lama.
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When you're the guy inside of a character and you've lived with it for almost two years, you're always a bit defensive about the character, and you want to root for the character you're playing.
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My favorite tattoo right now is the one on my lower stomach that reads "Almost Famous" because as my career grows I'm still humbled every morning when I look at that tattoo, and I'll always remember how much it sucked to ALMOST be famous.
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It was Chinese music. I couldnt understand it, but it had a good beat to it.
