Alan Loy McGinnis Quotes
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Our plans never turn out as tasty as reality.
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Every Christmas Eve, the elves will come and give us a new pair of pajamas.
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Death is the only pure, beautiful conclusion of a great passion.
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Acting is not a mystery. There's nothing that I know that other actors don't know. We all act, we're all actors, we all know the same thing. The only thing that separates us is experience.
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Say what you want about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.
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It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'
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We always trend set.
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I had stories that needed more space than the hour and a half or two hours a movie gives you.
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I've been doing lots of trapeze, and so much of it is holding your own weight.
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There are staples to my show. I have to be conscious about switching things up because I know people who saw me last year will say, 'He did that last time.' But if certain things work, they work.
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More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result.
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I lost about 60 pounds. I don't really have a moment specifically that made me do it. I remember little things, like, when I was in Japan, I remember looking around at the portion sizes of a fast food restaurant and being like, 'Well, this has something to do with it.' Americans definitely eat too much.
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Our worst comes out when we behave like robots or professionals.
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Ironically, the original Detroit Stock Exchange once sat less than a thousand feet from StockX headquarters here in downtown Detroit. It is only fitting that we are going to build the next iteration of the world's most efficient market invention almost in the same spot.
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There is no birth of consciousness without pain.
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I have always thought if there is a game, and there have been a lot of fouls on me, then I have been playing well for the team, so that means we're having a good match. You can win a free-kick when there's a foul, and that's a chance to score a goal.
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I was always in love with Judy Garland, and when I was growing up, I fell in love with Leonardo DiCaprio, of course.
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I don't like writing with real people in mind.
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Although I miss my family and friends when I'm away from Amsterdam, I've never had that feeling of missing a city like I have with New Orleans. Especially for the music.
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I think you can say a lot of evil behavior by companies is short-term optimization.
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A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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The coming of honor or disgrace must be a reflection of one's inner power.
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Science is absolutely incomplete unless and until the scientists are Realised Souls. Medicine is incomplete, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, everything is incomplete unless and until you know the Divine laws.
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Love, honor, and negotiate.
