Tom Allen Quotes
Maine's long and cold winters may help keep our State's population low, but our harsh climate also accounts for what is unique and valuable about our land and our people
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I struggle if I have chaos around me, but at the same time, if I don't have it, I'm uncomfortable. It's a strange thing: If I don't have chaos, I create it.
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Life wasn't about freeing up human souls. It was about creating obedient slaves in the hierarchical construction of the society - with God at the top, then the king and then the father.
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Pigeons are gentle and smart and have complex social relationships. Their hearing and vision are both excellent.
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I like to be underdressed rather than overdressed. For an event or a premiere, it's fun to dress up more - then I like to experiment.
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I'm not going to be lectured by Nathan Deal, who is a former Clinton Democrat. I will stack up my conservative credentials against his any day of the week.
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I always try not to overload my music with orchestration and to use only those instruments that are absolutely necessary.
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The original 'Hobbit' was never intended to have a sequel - Bilbo 'remained very happy to the end of his days and those were extraordinarily long': a sentence I find an almost insuperable obstacle to a satisfactory link.
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My favorite ski slope is the kind that winds up at the cafeteria. My children, though, usually insist that I get out and take on a few expert runs, in a game called 'Let's See if We Can Get Our Inheritance Early.'
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I think music has gone through a period of something very severe, rather radical, rather the way painting did with cubism.
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When women's parts are being written, they are more and more for under 30s who are nubile and beautiful. Actresses over 40 are finding very little happening.
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The fullness of life is in the hazards of life.
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In brief, Western democracy, as other political models, is not exportable to all regions of the world.
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Find and use your passion, and you'll have a great career. Don't do it, you won't. It's as simple as that.
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The pressure makes me more intent about each shot. Pressure on the last few holes makes me play better.
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The Royal Society view is completely apolitical: it will judge anything based on the evidence. One of the big strengths of the Society is that is it widely perceived as impartial and above the fray. We'd like to make sure it stays that way.
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What's missing in the musical theater is producers willing to nurture new work, raise the money and put it on.
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'No!' shouted Arthur. 'What's wrong with you? They're people! You can't just kill hundreds or thousands of Piper's children because the Piper might... just might... make some of them do something!' 'Can't we?' asked Dame Primus. She sounded genuinely puzzled.
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Il y a toujours quelque chose d’absent qui me tourmente.
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Judgment is a delicate thing and does not come overnight.
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The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines.
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I never want people to be repulsed with my pictures; I always want to attract people.
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I joined the Labour party because I believed in equality, in freedom of speech and in tolerance, compassion and understanding for people, irrespective of their background and views. In whatever I decide to do in the future I will hold to those principles.
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Give people not only your care, but also your heart.
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Maine's long and cold winters may help keep our State's population low, but our harsh climate also accounts for what is unique and valuable about our land and our people
