Alton Tobey Quotes
I have, at times, been absorbed in my work to the point of complete self-oblivion. Once I worked for thirty-six hours without a break - to complete exhaustion; and while I was in the middle of it I didn't even notice.
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I never had plastic surgery. I had a nose procedure done because I had to. I had no cartilage in my nose; I have a piece of cartilage from my ear put into my nose. I had a medical procedure done. I have no plastic in my nose.
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I was unbelievably lucky.
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One Direction is the main thing I'm doing and I'm 100 per cent dedicated to the group.
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The most important thing is to just be good at what you do. You do a good job playing the character, and people will be taken up with your character, not your clothes.
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I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!
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You don't drown by falling into water. You only drown if you stay there.
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In Russia all tyrants believe poets to be their worst enemies.
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I remember 'Hannah Montana' came out, and I was so depressed, I started crying because I was like, 'I want to do that.'
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I only know that I fired twice, or perhaps several times, without knowing whether I had hit or missed.
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I like me better naked. I don't mean that in a vain way... When you put clothes on, you immediately put a character on. Clothes are adjectives, they are indicators. When you don't have any clothes on, it's just you, raw, and you can't hide.
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I'm very respectful in everything I wear. I think about it.
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It's great that people are interested in Mars.
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The desire for self-expression afflicts people when they feel there is something of themselves which is not getting through to the outside world.
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Books have always helped me make sense of things. With any life experience, you can find someone who has documented it in a poetic way.
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What becomes a crime deserving capital punishment when the tables are turned is a matter of small moment when the negro woman is the accusing party.
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I've made Umno more democratic, more inclusive. Of course, by doing that, I'm putting myself at risk.
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I gambled and I lost. I failed in securing my options for this choice for myself, but I succeeded in verifying the Dark Age is still with us.
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If you just give somebody a blank check without any deliverables associated with that, you're not going to get the improvements that you want to get.
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Holy cow, in the course of one week I feel like I've lived about a year!
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At 19, I was in the streets making money. I was surviving.
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I'd go to Coney Island to hang out, and I saw a magician doing a rope trick on the boardwalk. I was fascinated. I guess that's how it started.
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The only thing documentary filmmakers have to work with, at least the way I make films, is trust. That's been true of everyone from James Carville and George Stephanopoulos to the kids in 'American High' to the soldiers in 'Military Diaries' to Anna Wintour to Dick Cheney.
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It takes a lot of energy to be negative. You have to work at it. But smiling is painless. I'd rather spend my energy smiling.
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I have, at times, been absorbed in my work to the point of complete self-oblivion. Once I worked for thirty-six hours without a break - to complete exhaustion; and while I was in the middle of it I didn't even notice.
