Woody Allen (Allan Stewart Konigsberg) Quotes
My relationship with death remains the same - I'm strongly against it. All I can do is wait for it.
Quotes to Explore
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I found it an interesting portrait of a marriage in exploring notions of how one partner supports the other, whilst not jeopardizing the greater good - which is the family.
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I don't like to be out of my comfort zone, which is about a half an inch wide.
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Whatever the situation at hand, that's what I'm dealing with and trying to be true to it in that moment.
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Fashion breaks my heart.
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When attempting to make a plea for more peace in the world at a rock concert, we are reflecting the feelings of all those we have come in contact with so we may all have a better understanding of each other.
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I use the city because it saves time, I don't have to do a lot of research on the setting.
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One can not impede scientific progress.
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I like to record records in Los Angeles. It's less distracting than New York, where I was based.
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To some extent, the act of creation and the act of selling are hard to disentangle. If you create something, whether it's a painting or a company, I think if you care about it, you have some obligation to go out and tell people about it.
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My golf swing is probably the most horrendous you've ever seen. I look like I'm trying to attack the ball.
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Sometimes it's nice just being in your own room and having a quiet night and relaxing and getting ready for the game.
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The stakes are very high for us in Haiti. We have many important interests there. Perhaps the most important to me is our interest in the promotion of democracy in this hemisphere.
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I've lived in the Hamptons since 1978, when I first bought my store Barefoot Contessa.
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When you have balance in your life, work becomes an entirely different experience. There is a passion that moves you to a whole new level of fulfillment and gratitude, and that's when you can do your best... for yourself and for others.
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I've always wanted to write movies - I always used to tell my mom that I wanted to be a director.
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I am humble Abraham Lincoln. I have been solicited by my friends to become a candidate for the Legislature. My politics are short and sweet, like the old woman's dance.
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From the preemptive strike that destroyed Egypt's air force during the Six-Day War, to the daring raid on Entebbe, to using all available means to slow the Iranian nuclear program, Israelis have combined strength with ingenuity to keep the country's enemies at bay.
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Supporting iconic, growth-oriented industries, combined with tax policies that encourage small business growth and investment, represents a potent combination and is the basis of our entire administration.
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It's a great thing to live in a digital age. It's convenient; it's fast.
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Falling in love is awesome, but I'm never drawn to happy songs per se, so whenever you sit down to write a heartbreak song and you're happily in love, it's like, 'OK, now I have to go back to a sad place to get something good.'
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I played basketball, and I loved it. But I never thought of it seriously as being a professional.
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Now that we have a true leader who stands for family and has a loving relationship with his wife, maybe black men and women will follow their example. We have a lot of faith and trust in President Obama because his integrity thus far has shown us a new level of manhood, fatherhood and husbandhood.
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My friend Adele describes fundamentalism as holding so tightly to your beliefs that your fingernails leave imprints on the palm of your hand... I think she's right. I was a fundamentalist not because of the beliefs I held but because of how I held them: with a death grip. It would take God himself to finally pry them out of my hands. (p.17-18)
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My relationship with death remains the same - I'm strongly against it. All I can do is wait for it.
