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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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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I can remember every outfit I wore to every party going back to 1983.
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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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I think, even though homophobia still exists, there is much more of a dialogue and a taboo around being homophobic.
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I have a pathetic urge at some stage in my life to be able to pull out my wallet and pull out a little card on which it would say, 'Kenneth Branagh, artistic director.'
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Going through a long legal battle is not what you sign up for as a fighter.
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The channels of human mental development... are circuitous and variable. Rather than specify a single trait, human genes prescribe the capacity to develop a certain array of traits.
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While I am a lawyer by profession and have travelled to several countries, working and educating myself, I came from a rural background in a Third World country at a time when women were told what their place was and whose mothers enjoyed even less.
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It was Elvis who really got me hooked on beat music. When I heard 'Heartbreak Hotel' I thought, this is it.
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The Chinese are technologically among the most capable people in the world. There is no doubt in my mind that in another five to ten years China will have a massive and capable automobile industry and will export.
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If you are looking for a hedge for potential inflation for the future and have a longer term view, then gold is still a good bet.
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It was Chinese music. I couldnt understand it, but it had a good beat to it.
