Allan Lokos Quotes
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My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.
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The best relationship is one that does not foster too much independence nor too much dependence, but exists in the healthy interdependence zone.
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I don't think I have a signature.
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I'm lucky that I have my family, I'm lucky that my parents are still together. Those are the things that I cherish.
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I thought marriage was something very quiet and very regular and very bourgeois.
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The big tragedy in baseball is that the amateur spirit has gone out of it to a large extent.
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You need to make a trip to Des Moines in August, because the Iowa State Fair really is a sight to see. The Iowa Fairgrounds are usually packed for those 11 days, and you get a real sense of what a classic Midwest fair is all about.
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Everything must be carried out in extreme sobriety.
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Almost everyone thinks they are a good person, but the question you should be asking is, am I good enough to go to Heaven? How would you know?
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I myself consider myself the most powerful figure in the world.
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Jung viewed Freud as a mentor, but he never wanted to be anybody's disciple.
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Conflict is very much a state of mind. If you're not in that state of mind, it doesn't bother you.
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There are two ways of being creative. One can sing and dance. Or one can create an environment in which singers and dancers flourish.
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Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place.
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I like making sci-fi movies because I like watching sci-fi movies. I like watching horror. I like being in a horror movie. I'm a fan. My perspective's a little different just because I get to participate as well as spectate.
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I've already fought my share. God gave me a rich, eventful career, and I thank God for everything, but I'm done fighting.
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The role of culture is that it's the form through which we as a society reflect on who we are, where we've been, where we hope to be.
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One person I find fascinating is J.Crew's Mickey Drexler. I would love to get into that brain and see how it works.
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I would go home and be this insular girl who listened to music and brooded in her bedroom.
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Some days I'll have good starts, and some days I'll have bad starts. I'm really focusing on having more good starts than bad starts, and I traditionally do. But I would hate to make it all the way to the Olympics and have a bad starting day.
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I went to a very elitist, snobbish, expensive education in India, and it almost killed me. I was all set to be a diplomat, teacher, doctor - all laid out.
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Know thyself.
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I wanted to look at the mentality that can breed that sort of intensity, that kind of cutthroat, pressure-cooker feeling, especially a form of music like jazz, that should be - or you'd think should be - all about liberation and improvisation and everything.
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It is a powerful practice to be generous when you are the one feeling in need.
