Alan D. Eames Quotes
“Beer is a gift from the goddesses, a soothing balm given our species to bring joy and comfort in compensation for the curse of self-awareness, the awful realization of our mortality.”
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I am very close to my brother Ramesh Babu. When my father was away for shootings, my brother would take care of me, and I am very close to him, and yes, Dad's always special.
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I was authorized to do everything that I did.
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As a filmmaker, I really want to utilize the tools to carry the voice - my voice, and the voice of the characters.
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Punishment cannot heal spirits, can only break them.
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I always put my fantasies in the realm of goals.
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You've got to keep your eye on the prize and do what you love to do.
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Network TV is such a difficult, competitive landscape.
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There is always a mix of apprehension and excitement before you try songs out on a new audience.
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Every person wants to stretch himself and widen his audience. Since Hollywood has got more exposure and is shown all over the world, it's obvious that every actor would want to do an English film and explore himself.
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I was always ambitious - not to make money: to be published.
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I've learned that universal acceptance and appreciation is just an unrealistic goal.
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You have to have confidence. You can't be someone who's so insecure that she's a basket case.
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Too often, animal-rights supporters seem to care about animals to the exclusion of people.
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I wrote a great deal... but very little of any importance; there are not more than four of five papers which I can still remember with some satisfaction.
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I'm so blessed to have such enlightened parents. It must have been very hard to watch their able-bodied son lock himself up in his old room for most of his 20s.
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All I want to do is change the world.
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Peace between Israel and Palestine would be a giant step toward greater regional stability, and it would finally let both Israelis and Palestinians benefit from the Middle East's growing wealth.
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It's hard to get the right elements together, get the right cast, get them at the time you need them, get the script completely there, and get the right budget.
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The conventional wisdom is often wrong.
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I have a beer belly.
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I don't want to be treated like I came from another planet or something or was somehow born with some weird birthright or super power. I don't view myself that way. I am a normal guy, picking up the crap from the dog and scraping the BBQ and having a beer and fixing the shed out back.
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The concept that a person who has a lot holds his hand out to someone who has less, or someone who isn't hurting holds his hand out to someone who is, is simply a human trait that has nothing to do with celebrity. I am confounded at the stinginess of some institutions and some people. I'm bewildered by it. You can only put away so much stuff in your closet.
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“Beer is a gift from the goddesses, a soothing balm given our species to bring joy and comfort in compensation for the curse of self-awareness, the awful realization of our mortality.”
