Allen Lacy Quotes
All gardeners need to know when to accept something wonderful and unexpected, taking no credit except for letting it be.
Quotes to Explore
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There is something wrong with our culture when the view that marriage is between one man and one woman, a view shared by half the nation, is portrayed as evidence of hatred.
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We encourage whistleblowers to come forward in instances where the government is a victim.
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I spent my entire childhood with my father. I started my first business at 16, and we became business partners. He's not just a mentor and somebody that I look up to, but he's also someone whom I took work ethic and determination and all of those qualities from.
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I've seen 'Silence of the Lambs,' like, fifty or sixty times. That's my favorite movie of all time.
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I don't have many friends.
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My upbringing was completely liberal from the start. In fact, I didn't even have a Muslim identity.
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There's something extraordinary about selling millions and millions of albums.
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All the works of man have their origin in creative fantasy. What right have we then to depreciate imagination.
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I love to talk to children about making mistakes. It's important that I tell them about how I don't get it right the first time. We live in such a perfectionist society, and they see so many finished products and polished performances.
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My idol is Bea Arthur. I really tried to follow her example. She is one of my comedy 'she-roes.'
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I never thought that I'd be dancing with Shia LaBeouf. When I heard he was going to be my partner, I was like, 'Does he even dance?' He doesn't, really, but he's such a sweet person.
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If you could go back and change things, you might not be the person you are right now.
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I am not a hero, O.K.? I am not a hero. I am a very ordinary person.
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There are always decades that interest people. For me, that's the Roaring Twenties.
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I wrote my songs despite the fact that I was a drunk, not because of it.
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More than 90% of Chinese believe themselves to be Han. Of course, such a vast population is derived from countless different races, but because China has enjoyed such a long and continuous history as a polity, there has been thousands of years of mixing, melding and assimilation.
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I've always wanted to push myself and move with the tide. That's just how I am and it's worked for me.
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I've lost things bigger than my music career.
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I'm mad, true. But only about one thing. Horror movies. I love spooks. They are a friendly fearsome lot. Very nice people, actually, if you get to know them. Not like these industry chaps out here
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A fat stomach sticks out too far. It prevents you from looking down and seeing what is going on around you.
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Don't be concerned that things appear to be falling apart: this has to happen in order for something new and wonderful to emerge.
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All gardeners need to know when to accept something wonderful and unexpected, taking no credit except for letting it be.
