Alan Russell Quotes
God appears and God is light, to those poor souls who dwell in night, but does a human form display, to those who dwell.
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The 'Agent X' set was never boring. During the first few days, I had to adjust to the loud noise on set, which included gun shots and explosions. After we finished filming the season, I realized I missed hearing all the noise and driving on empty freeways.
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When I'm directing, I noticed I'm not using my subconscious at all. I'm literally using the whole front part of my brain all the time. When you walk on the set, every moment you have to be there because something's going on that requires attention.
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In my own case, the most inflammatory statements I have ever made are ones that I have written and remain willing to defend.
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I'm not a best-seller, but through translations, I've accumulated some money.
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This is what the election of 2010 was about. We didn't send conservatives to Washington to flirt with Democrat proposals for higher taxes and more debt. We sent leaders to stop them.
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I never expected my writing to become as popular as it did.
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Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face, her aspect and her attitude.
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Dancers, many dancers today can do so much technically. You can give them steps that are complicated, then more complicated, pyrotechnical - and they can execute these steps to perfection. But to do simple steps with a pure classical line, that is truly difficult.
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As a professional actor, I don't have much choice about what I've gotten into. I tend to be cast in comedies and I'm fine with that.
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I just love crafting and shaping sounds. Actually, many of the sounds that I work with start off as organic instruments - guitar, piano, clarinet, etc. But I do love the rigidity of electronic drums.
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I went to Parsons, and I interned with Ronen when I was at Parsons. We started our own company since then.
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I have always been far more interested in sound than technique, and how sounds work together, how they can be layered. I think electronic music, in its infancy anyway, allowed us to create music in a way that hadn't really been possible before. It created a new kind of musician.
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There are a lot of problems in this country having to do with permissiveness.
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As long as I can play at a certain level, that's what I'll do.
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Iraqis must fight for their own country.
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If you are elected to do a job, you are supposed to do it to the best of your ability.
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I did 'Tumbleweeds' for fun. I did it because I loved it and I hardly even got paid.
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When improvisation is properly applied, it is compositional thinking, sped way up.
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God is a freaking character, with enough foibles, tantrums, and paradoxical behaviors to supply a thousand screenplays. But who do you cast?
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You must all follow the lead of the bishop, as Jesus Christ followed that of the Father; follow the presbytery as you would the Apostles; reverence the deacons as you would God's commandment.
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A god who let us prove his existence would be an idol.
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Words do two major things: They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.
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I didn't realize when I first started writing how much it would set me free from certain situations in my life. It's incredible.
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God appears and God is light, to those poor souls who dwell in night, but does a human form display, to those who dwell.
