Alex Van Halen Quotes
Theres nothing worse than having everybody thinking alike, talking alike and having the same direction in mind. It gets stale that way.
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I love shopping, but I can't go out. I love going to restaurants and eating out with friends.
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Stereotypes lose their power when the world is found to be more complex than the stereotype would suggest. When we learn that individuals do not fit the group stereotype, then it begins to fall apart.
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Well, everybody is trying to make this a money thing. If you send me to another team, let's see what I ask for. I won't ask for nothing. I'll play under the same terms. So it is not Gary wants more money. Gary has money. What else do I need?
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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I saw an interview that I did with someone, and I was horrified by it. And I said to my wife, 'This is unbearable how I talk.'
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I'm such a big TLC fan, so I love singing 'Waterfalls' in the shower.
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I don't like to post fresh standup material, because I want to use it in a special. The stuff I like to post online I like to be off-the-cuff moments.
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I'm to a point now where you want to play for your fans and all that, but I'm playing for the guys in that huddle. I'm playing for the guys in that locker room.
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'Ender's Game' has fabulous opportunities for spectacle, where appropriate, but there's also a tremendous central character. It's a balance.
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Kids have a weird honesty, especially in their reaction to things where a lot of older people who have matured have lost that.
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Living in Malibu is like being in a bubble, so discovering others that are so different from me has been incredibly gratifying.
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Great writing is great writing. It's as simple as all that.
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It was difficult to realize, 'I'm lieutenant governor.' And Brown appropriately reminded me of that.
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Where I come from, deeds mean a lot more than words.
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When something startlingly new comes up, young people, especially, seize it. You can't complain about that. I think its heyday has passed, but it's had an effect and will continue to have an effect.
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The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. And that is not happiness.
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My interest in astronomy grew from the play 'Space' that I did, where I had to learn where my character was from. I had to study the stars and figure where everything was and how I got here and all of those things.
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There are a lot of people who can slide on talent their whole lives; they're just naturally gifted. I've never considered myself one of those people. I enjoy outworking the opposition.
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A few years ago, when I had no work and started believing that films weren't a viable career, I thought of finding another job. I started training and riding horses and got consumed by that. It was a boon in disguise.
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Any team can have a bad century.
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I have never worn dresses by grands couturiers.
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Nothing more than a change of mind, my dear.
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I like the desperado aspect of essays, the free lance, that mercenary kind of thing, so I just do it, without asking anyone's permission. I've never written a query letter, I don't pitch pieces, I have no market in mind, I don't spend any time trying to figure out where I might fit in.
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Theres nothing worse than having everybody thinking alike, talking alike and having the same direction in mind. It gets stale that way.
