Alan Trammell Quotes
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I see Turkey's future as being in Europe, as one of many prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries.
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I'd like to have kids and a wife, and you know, drop them off at school and like, do normal things rather that constantly being on tour. Because I'm young now and I haven't really got a social life. This is all I do. It's the best job in the world, but I'll get to the point where there's more to life than work.
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In the best material, you always should be able to somehow make a case for a story to be transposed to any other time.
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Anything where I get to write a lot of jokes and have a lot of creative control - that's all I want.
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Doctrines don't govern policy. They provide a conceptual framework by which policymakers approach their decisions. But there is no such thing as a doctrine that controls policy in every way.
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I'd probably play games obsessively if I didn't write, although I admit I don't read novels partly because I don't enjoy it, not just because it's the wrong side of the creator-consumer barrier for me. I'm a visual writer. I think in moving 3D images and write down what I observe.
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I turned Compaq from a small company with troubles into a computer powerhouse. We can do the same at Intershop.
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Sometimes I worked with just a background of a rock or a tree or black velvet, and just had to imagine the whole thing.
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I raced locally for a year, went to Europe the year after and went to the Olympics the year after that.
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I always love that phrase, 'Oh, this is a good idea, but it's execution dependent.' As if anything in life is not execution dependent. Breathing is execution-dependent.
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The success of 'Scrubs' allowed me to pursue anything I felt passionately about without having to worry about money. It allowed me to spend my summer work shopping my show at a nonprofit theater.
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I just know what I want, and I'm willing to butt heads with folks to get it.
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I call on the people of Tripoli to restrain themselves and not get drawn into conflict with anyone.
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I never got to make that transition from little girl to young woman... and that really screws you up.
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A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself.
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The United States is very good at understanding itself, and very bad at understanding others.
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Kids and adults are treated differently on sets. Being a kid, you can get away with anything, and it looks cute. But as an adult, it's a whole new journey.
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Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.
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I consider creativity to be a more non-rational, subconscious thing. You have a relationship to your creativity - you can feed it with content, with some rational prodding and sleep and things like that, but the mechanisms by which your creativity work are largely unknown.
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My favorite toy as a kid was Legos. I loved building things, and that's what we're doing with SumZero.
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I was badly mauled by people in New York State for being against the death penalty for 12 years.
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Don't assume you have to be extraordinary to be used by God. You don't have to have exceptional gifts, talents, abilities, or connections. God specializes in using ordinary people whose limitations and weaknesses make them ideal showcases for His greatness and glory.
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He could make our decision easy - one way or another.
