Erol Alkan Quotes
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When a 300-pound person like me is playing, I'm supposed to drink at least a gallon of water a day.
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I tell fans who ask me why I'm not doing comedy anymore that I'm a different person. I've grown and I've matured. I've made a transition to where I really want to be.
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My whole thing is being sexy without showing too much, because that's my comfort level.
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It seems that no two people came to this specialized area of work via the exact same route.
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My tax cut would cut hundreds of billions of dollars. So to do it, you have to be willing to cut spending, too. But if you were to cut hundreds of billions of dollars in taxes, that money's left in communities.
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People always think actors are really 'out there,' so you wouldn't have me pegged as one, but I knew pretty early on it was what I wanted to do, and I think that's pretty lucky.
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I'm an activist. I'm a proud activist. So I want to be someone who is pro-black and pro-Africa and still be somebody that has positive influence.
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The Dalai Lama is just a temporal leader of Tibet.
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I wanted to play a TV detective because it's a rite of passage; I wanted to experience every area of acting. I haven't done comedy or as much Shakespeare as I had intended.
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But then all that died down and as far as casting was concerned it didn't really matter that I had been on Broadway.
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I think comedy does have that powerful thing that doesn't seem too preachy because you're also making people laugh, so it's really kind of a good tool for messaging.
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Corruption often exists because there are too many market forces, not too few.
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I don't feel embarrassed by any of the music that I like. I think it's all genuinely clever, good music.
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Greek myths, early Roman history, is configured around violence against women. And I think we need to get in there, get our hands dirty, face it, and see why and how it was.
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For each person, they live their life and their truth and how it works for them, and that's just kind of how it works for me. I'm not good at doing whatever the other way is - it wouldn't work for me.
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After many, many years, I fell out of love with politics. It's not something I like but it's the truth.
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When you've already experienced great challenges in your career, it gives minor setbacks a different perspective.
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No peace and security among mankind-let alone common friendship-can ever exist as long as people think that governments get their authority from God and that religion is to be propagated by force of arms.
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So long as mists envelop you, be still. Be still until the sunlight pours through and dispels the mists - as it surely will. Then act with courage.
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I am often amazed at how much more capability and enthusiasm for science there is among elementary school youngsters than among college students.
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The launch of phase 1 Ebola vaccine studies is a first step in developing a vaccine that could be licensed and used in the field to protect not only the front line health care workers but also those living in areas where Ebola virus exists.
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Instinct is the most powerful thing you have, and you have to trust it.
