Ralph Allen Quotes
I paint according to the moment and the theme. I don't have any prejudice. Life concerns me.
Quotes to Explore
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I try to live my life in a holistic way, show that all of it intersects because I'm coming from the same place. Now, at the core of it, I'm just trying to connect and be there, so I'm trying to be there for my family, my wife, my kids, my friends.
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Chess only appeals to quite a small minority. It does not have the cachet of a mainstream popular sport.
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Most of us, if we're not careful, tend to dehumanize the enemy.
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Coming out of college with a degree in fine arts and painting isn't worth much any more.
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The history of the music industry is inevitably also the story of the development of technology. From the player piano to the vinyl disc, from reel-to-reel tape to the cassette, from the CD to the digital download, these formats and devices changed not only the way music was consumed, but the very way artists created it.
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Comedy can be harder because if you aren't making the audience laugh, they're going to turn on you quicker. They'll go along with mediocre drama more than they'll go along with mediocre comedy.
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I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.
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I have to expend an awful lot of energy actively undoing the impact of my name. Understandably, people assume that I have at least some connection to Iran. The truth is that I don't. I have very little knowledge about the culture, the language, the history. I've never been to Iran. I've never even been inside a mosque.
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I loved the idea of somebody literally fighting for love.
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I learned my French through school. I was lucky in that the tutor on 'The Wonder Years' set spoke fluent French.
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I am hopeful that no one will forget what happened in Bosnia.
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In South Africa, being Chinese meant I wasn't white and I wasn't black. I trained in Baragwanath Hospital, the largest black hospital in South Africa. That was around 1976, the time of the Soweto Uprising, when police fired on children and students who were protesting. I was part of the group of interns who volunteered to treat them.
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With Spotify, people don't get it until they try it. Then they tell their friends.
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The bonds we create in the household are the most important and lasting. Savor them; they're sacred.
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I'm not the type to lay out on the beach, but I do love to work out outside, and that can really take a toll on your skin!
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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I went to Howard University and majored in Film Production and minored in Acting. I turned down an opportunity to go pro in Track & Field to do this - I took a chance with this.
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It is my nature to strive to do my best. This does tend to take a toll on you.
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The taste of any simple tomato-based salad is dependent on the quality of the tomatoes.
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One of the reasons I've never done intensive psychotherapy or any of that stuff is that if there's anything in me that needs fixing, I want to know that I can rely on my own intuition to fix it.
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I knew I wanted to write on religious themes when I was a GI in World War II. I saw and experienced so much violence that I thought I could express my outrage best with music.
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I feel like I'm more of the underdog, which is kind of nice.
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George W. Bush made the agreement about when American troops would leave Iraq, not Barack Obama.
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I paint according to the moment and the theme. I don't have any prejudice. Life concerns me.
