Alan Hirsch Quotes
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Istanbul is a vast place. There are very conservative neighbourhoods, there are places that are upper class, Westernised, consuming Western culture.
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I've actually done a lot of comedy.
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I don't sleep. I hate those little slices of death.
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I was very quiet at college and had a certain group of friends.
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I love the idea of using film language similarly to how musicians use music - combining images and sounds in a way that they create an emotional effect.
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Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say 'infinitely' when you mean 'very'; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
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Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.
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Future historians trying to determine what it was like to be alive in fin de millennium America should read the last two decades of O. Henry and Best American short-story collections.
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When he said we were trying to make a fool of him, I could only murmur that the Creator had beat us to it.
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The older I get, the less I know. By that I mean the less I am sure of. I view people with strong opinions on the big stuff with distrust. I don't think we should have certain certainties on faith and politics; I think we should be open-minded.
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I'm trying to go with the flow, which is not what I used to do. I used to try to micromanage my career choices.
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Fresh out of college, you tend to join a company because it's a job. But, you tend to stay because it becomes a career; you start to feel at home. In the beginning of your career, you're focused on you: 'I like this place because I'm doing rewarding work; they take good care of me; the people are nice; there's runway for me,' etc.
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As a longtime fan of talk radio, I'm very worried about the low opinion that conservative hosts and callers have of the American artist. Art is portrayed as a scam, a rip-off and snow job pushed by snobbish elites.
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I sort of fall apart in terms of stamina after about 25 minutes!
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I learn my songs by ear.
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You are never really prepared for criticism.
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Every home that I have is paid for, every car that I have is paid for, and I am a hundred-million-dollar man. I mean, this is the truth; it's not a lie.
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I've got to let the people who are in the business run the business. I can help them think through their decisions about products, about partners, about hiring. But in the end, the decisions are theirs, and so is the responsibility.
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I would really love to play a superhero. That is definitely up there on my list. Captain Marvel especially. That would be so cool.
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My brother Art was a doo-wopper. He had a group that sat out on a park bench in New Orleans and sang harmonies at night, and they'd go around and win all the talent shows and get all the girls, you know.
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I am a woman and when I think, I must speak.
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Always ask yourself: Am I living the life the I want?" Constantly evaluate where you are in life to make sure you are heading towards the direction you want.
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At some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives.
