Alan Powell Quotes
If your dreams are bigger than your talent, work harder. If your talent is bigger than your dreams, dream bigger.
Quotes to Explore
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Football shape is one thing, and then 'futbol' shape is a completely other thing. It's a whole other level of fitness that you have to work to maintain.
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I'm not being offered a constant stream of wonderful parts with wonderful directors that would keep me away from the theatre. When they turn up, I do them.
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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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If you've followed my career at all, you will know that I perform best in comfortable surroundings. Though other leagues may seem more enticing to other players, it's something I'm just not interested in doing personally.
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Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone might be looking.
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If you're conservative in Hollywood, you're on a list of people who need to be put in their place.
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Free societies are societies in motion, and with motion comes friction.
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Conviction without experience makes for harshness.
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When I first started in film, I was terrified of the camera.
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I'm trying to learn the lessons of the past, but not to make speeches about the past.
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Don't try to convince your partner you are right. Instead of trying to win arguments, try to have a winning relationship!
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I don't like Botox. It makes a very strange forehead.
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In today's world, marketers reach inside the home and attempt to figure out not what's good for your daughter, because that is not their business, but what deep desires they can manipulate, stimulate and ostensibly satisfy in order to produce cold, hard cash.
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Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.
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There are a lot of places that I know extremely well. Like, if I were to visit Sydney, Australia, I'd feel very comfortable there. I'm very comfortable in many, many cities.
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The thing that grounds you, and the thing that really gives you a sense of wholeness, is your family, friends and your community. Those are the things that can mirror back to you what you're experiencing, and can affirm to you that the stories you are telling are true.
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Make as much money as you can. It really does help. I don't know why it's terrible to say, but it's true.
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I'm very religious.
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Some people are weak in their faith and testimonies but are not even aware of how precarious their situation is. Many of them likely would be offended at the suggestion.
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Because he draws so much attention and is so aggressive attacking the basket, I'd like to see him find the open man just a little bit more. He could average 10 assists a game if he made a concerted effort to do that. But the man is only 24 years old.
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I wasn't even prepared to be an actress. I was 17 when I came out of high school, and suddenly became Miss World and then I became an actress.
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I've always been able to work as an actor and support my family and did great jobs, and more often than not, I got to turn down jobs that I didn't really want to do for various reasons or refuse to work with people I didn't like - and there are quite a few.
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I don't know any other columnists, and I don't know what they do. I work the single! And nobody does what I do, anyway.
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If your dreams are bigger than your talent, work harder. If your talent is bigger than your dreams, dream bigger.
