Alan Hassenfeld Quotes
Investment in the eradication of hunger today is a good business decision. If we fail to make this investment, it is doubtful that we can sustain healthy economic growth. Without this investment, our nation may disintegrate into a country sharply divided between those who have enough to eat and those who do not.
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When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
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I like different statement jewelry, especially around the ears.
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When you deal with a person who's experiencing dementia, you can see where they're struggling with knowledge. You can see what they forget completely, what they forget but they know what they once knew. You can tell how they're trying to remember.
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My centre of who I thought I was was never very consciously about being beautiful or attractive - I think I'm one of those people who's actually grown into their looks.
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Don't bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid.
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Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.
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I love the idea that I planned my career. I did not. It started out by getting invitations from artists that I really love and respect, to share a stage... I've been very lucky in that I haven't had to create a five-year plan. It's evolved.
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Homosexuals reject the process of healing because it's too painful and time-consuming.
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Doing it your own way, not having to go exactly by the book to be successful.
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Nature has left this tincture in the blood, That all men would be tyrants if they could.
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A Kindle returns us to the inconvenience of the scroll, except with batteries and electronic glitches. It's as handy as bringing Homer along to recite the 'Iliad' while playing a lyre.
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My passion for ideas is not matched with a passion for partisan or electoral politics.
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I felt uncomfortable in cliques.
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I've started doing yoga and meditation, but I'm not very good at that kind of thing and turning my brain off.
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I would love to study cultures and people.
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When you get told that you have a disease, it's like: 'Really? Nah, it's all right. I don't believe that. It must be something else, I'm just making an excuse, let me push harder.'
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The best way to direct kids is to be natural and honest.
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I kept my head; I mean, I've never been one of those people who ended up in the gutter with sick in my hair.
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Now, when I play soul piano, for instance, and I play a rendition of 'Spain,' I do it deconstructively. That's the most fun, but I can only do that when I'm on my own.
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There's tonnes of room for more people in the tech market, and there are lots of content gaps that have still not yet been tapped into.
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I knew as a kid that every decision I was going to be making, I would have full responsibility. So I knew I had to do what's right and protect myself, you know?
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I love a challenge. So when I did 'Friday,' I didn't want to do another comedy back-to-back. With 'Set It Off,' that was a little different from 'The Negotiator' and 'The Italian Job.' So for me, it's all about challenge. It's all about challenge and about just learning.
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Evil preaches tolerance until it is dominant, then it tries to silence good.
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Investment in the eradication of hunger today is a good business decision. If we fail to make this investment, it is doubtful that we can sustain healthy economic growth. Without this investment, our nation may disintegrate into a country sharply divided between those who have enough to eat and those who do not.
