Alan Green Quotes
The [book of the bible] Song Of Songs is an amazing erotic love poem that the church has tried very hard not to notice. It is really beautiful, and musical in its poetry.
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For us, overseas employment addresses two major problems: unemployment and the balance of payments position.
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I passed the Bar on the first shot, But I have never practiced law.
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The blessing of being able to write music and let music speak for itself is you let the melodies and let the lyrics and the groove talk to people instead of me talking to people.
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It used to be that watching a film was a very special occasion, the same way flying was. Before, if you took a flight from New York to L.A., most of the windows would be open. Now, we get on planes and we just close them because we're so used to what it feels like. I think the same thing has happened with cinema.
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French fries. I love them. Some people are chocolate and sweets people. I love French fries. That and caviar.
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My personal experience has been that in my 25 years of writing, I have not been asked to do more than four or five commercial one-shot scripts. These were performed on major national hook-ups but produced for me no immediate additional jobs or requests. One script for BBC was done around the world with an all-star cast.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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I like to accentuate the feminine form, so I'm a big fan of corsets. A woman's body is beautiful and should be shown off and celebrated. I love a simple and elegant dress that highlights my waist.
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Just because we eat together does not mean we eat right: Domino's alone delivers a million pizzas on an average day.
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Frankly, right is right and wrong is wrong, particularly when a parent is talking to a child. A bright line around moral responsibility is very important.
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White lies keep social dignity intact and are far more prevalent than most people realize. Several studies have found that an average person is lied to from 10 to 200 times a day - mostly just to keep a conversation going, to avoid conflict, or to establish a connection with someone.
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Chemotherapy isn't easy. I felt very fortunate I wouldn't have to go through that.
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I don't think we spend enough time in reflection and introspection. We don't know who we are as individuals in this culture anymore.
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I was quietly rebellious. My parents thought I was very good but secretly I did things like saying I was staying in one place and going somewhere else instead. My older sister was openly rebellious and would tell my parents where to go, but I never did that.
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Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought.
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You can't just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done.
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The English are always degrading truths into facts. When a truth becomes a fact it loses all its intellectual value.
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If you're a child of store owners, if you're brought up in a store, you learn good manners. You have to be genial, well-liked. You're not going to sell a customer if you're rude. You also get with different age groups, and different types of people. So be respectful. Being respectful is very important. You have to learn this.
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Vulgarity is, in reality, nothing but a modern, chic, pert descendant of the goddess Dullness.
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The partaker partakes of that which changes him. The child that touches takes character from the thing, The body, it touches. The captain and his menAre one and the sailor and the sea are one.
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I've always felt like an alien trapped in a human form. We all do at some time or other; for me it's a permanent state, and I'm still unsure if Earth is a penance or a reward.
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The schizophrenic has no sense of humor. His world is a constantly daunting, unfriendly place.
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When the Bible was first published, bathhouses were mandatory, no one could read, and only the people in the Church could write.
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The [book of the bible] Song Of Songs is an amazing erotic love poem that the church has tried very hard not to notice. It is really beautiful, and musical in its poetry.
