Alan Russell Quotes
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You know Texas is - even more now that Enron has bit the dust - it's held up on the back of small businesses.
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In terms of people that I know, my grandmother and my mother are huge influences on my writing life because they are both massively supportive and always have been of my career.
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Wong Kar-wai and Ang Lee are two Asian directors I'm really fond of.
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I knew it would break his heart if I didn't go into the business.
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The cat is classic whilst the dog is Gothic - nowhere in the animal world can we discover such really Hellenic perfection of form, with anatomy adapted to function, as in the felidae.
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Especially in comedies, I think a lot of time the female characters are there to provide a balance for guys.
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I'm not a writer. I'm not smart. I couldn't possibly even write my own story.
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If you are only big in China, you are only a local Chinese company.
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US presidents can make all the commitments and declarations they want until they are blue in the face, in the Muslim world they will always be perceived as partisan.
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Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end.
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I get recognized all the time, but not as Haley Bennett.
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I grew up in a small town where everyone wanted to be the same or look the same and was afraid to be different.
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I don't seek out love or relationships, just because my schedule is crazy.
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Music reality shows are a good thing, especially for those seeking a career in music.
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I just saw metal as another tool for me to use.
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When your child comes to you at a young age and declares he or she is passionate about this or that, the natural tendency for many parents, out of love, is to simply support that decision. That's the path of least resistance, but it's not necessarily the best path, in my opinion.
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My greatest strength as a child, I realize now, was my imagination. While every other kid was reading and writing, I had seven whole hours a day to practice my imagination. When do you get that space in your life, ever?
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I wouldn't give an astrologer the time of day.
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I love going into a country and just blending.
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I think some of the best music throughout the actual history of music itself came from cultures where they're not really looking for outside themes. It's developed from their hometowns - it's what they love and what they love to do.
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I live for my sons. I would be lost without them.
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I read somewhere once that in the 1960s, fiction writers were troubled by the notion that life was becoming stranger and more sensational than made-up stories could ever hope to be. Our new problem - more profound, I think - is that life no longer resembles a story. Events intersect but don't progress. People interact but don't make contact.
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Surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
