Allison Silverman Quotes
Writing is just my first love. And I still have some issues with telling people what to do.
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You go to a theater now and you literally see parents watching the movie and they suddenly cover their kid's ears. I figured I'd make one movie where they didn't have to do this.
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We've come a long way since Nixon's first visit to China, or Carter's reestablishment of diplomatic relations.
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If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
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Kosovo today is closer to Europe than other countries in the region of South Eastern Europe.
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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I want babies. I think I'll be a great dad.
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If I were to work with my mom, I probably would not want her to play my mom. That would get too real.
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National armies fight nations, royal armies fight their like, the first obey a mob, always demented and the second a king, generally sane.
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Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.
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It's not unusual for a would-be entrepreneur to get turned down half a dozen times before finding a willing investor - yet in most companies, it takes only one 'nyet' to kill a project stone dead.
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My kids are the future of the Mayweather family and of the Mayweather brand. I feel our family is stronger if we stay together.
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My youngest sister belonged to a group called the Twelve Tribes for many years. She recently left, with her husband and four children. Talking to her about her experiences in the group is fascinating, moving, and enlightening.
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Change is vital to any actor. If you keep playing lead after lead, you're really gonna dry up. Because all those vehicles wean you away from the truths of human behaviour.
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I have a son, Mason, who is disabled - cerebral palsy - and he does not walk independently, sit independently or speak. He uses a talking computer. I started becoming an advocate for him when he was 3 years old.
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I never thought of myself as a singer, like ever, ever, ever. It's hysterical that I sing.
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It feels really good to give back. I'm opening the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness Centre in Australia.
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I don't want to be liked. I want to be respected.
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Teachability and trust always leads to total obedience.
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Coming from a middle class background, travel was always considered a luxury then, even if it meant going to a relative's place or a religious shrine.
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You can't imagine how much detail we know about brains. There were 28,000 people who went to the neuroscience conference this year, and every one of them is doing research in brains. A lot of data. But there's no theory. There's a little, wimpy box on top there.
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I had always wanted to expand to beauty, but I knew I wanted to be able to translate my design aesthetic in an authentic way.
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Progress in science is often built on wrong theories that are later corrected. It is better to be wrong than to be vague.
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Act the way you'd like to be and soon you'll be the way you act.
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Writing is just my first love. And I still have some issues with telling people what to do.
