Erol Alkan Quotes

Instinct is the most powerful thing you have, and you have to trust it.

Erol Alkan

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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.

  

  D'Brickashaw Ferguson
  • Day
  • Water
  • Person

• 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.

  

  Flip Wilson
  • Different
  • Comedy
  • Person

• My whole thing is being sexy without showing too much, because that's my comfort level.

  

  Samaire Armstrong
  • Sexy
  • Comfort
  • Too Much

• It seems that no two people came to this specialized area of work via the exact same route.

  

  Randy West
  • People
  • Work
  • Same

• 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.

  

  Rand Paul
  • Money
  • Taxes
  • Tax

• 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.

  

  Talia Balsam
  • People
  • Pretty
  • Me

• 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.

  

  Kat Graham
  • Black
  • Proud
  • Positive

• The Dalai Lama is just a temporal leader of Tibet.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Leader
  • Just
  • Dalai Lama

• 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.

  

  Olivia Williams
  • Done
  • Experience
  • Comedy

• But then all that died down and as far as casting was concerned it didn't really matter that I had been on Broadway.

  

  Taye Diggs
  • Matter
  • Down
  • Broadway

• 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.

  

  Zach Galifianakis
  • People
  • Good
  • Comedy

• Corruption often exists because there are too many market forces, not too few.

  

  Ha-Joon Chang

• I don't feel embarrassed by any of the music that I like. I think it's all genuinely clever, good music.

  

  Charli XCX
  • Good
  • Music
  • Clever

• 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.

  

  Mary Beard
  • Women
  • Why
  • History

• 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.

  

  Andy Grammer
  • Life
  • Good
  • Work

• After many, many years, I fell out of love with politics. It's not something I like but it's the truth.

  

  Bernardo Bertolucci
  • Truth

• When you've already experienced great challenges in your career, it gives minor setbacks a different perspective.

  

  Kimberly Bryant
  • Great
  • Different
  • Career

• I can't listen to music when I'm writing. I like music best in a car or on the train.

  

  Nell Freudenberger
  • Music
  • Writing
  • Car

• The Quaker loves an ample brim, A hat that bows to no salaam; And dear the beaver is to him As if it never made a dam.

  

  Thomas Hood
  • Beavers

• Coming in, I had no idea basketball would be a career for me, but I grew 7 inches in college and was fortunate to have a great career in the NBA. The experience taught me about service, what our great country was built on, the sacrifices people have made, how to work together and trust the people around you to accomplish a great goal.

  

  David Robinson The Cars
  • People
  • Work
  • Great

• I'm a religious man. I am Jewish but I believe in all religions. I believe in God and see him as an old man with a big white beard and pray to him every day for a few minutes.

  

  Uri Geller
  • God
  • Believe
  • Man

• I pray that all polar opposites learn to Agape Love, live and work together as brothers and sisters - or perish as fools. While I voted for Mr. Trump, my confidence remains in God, for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Prayers for President-elect Trump, Congressman Lewis, and everyone including leaders.

  

  Alveda King
  • Life
  • Work
  • God

• Instinct is the most powerful thing you have, and you have to trust it.

  

  Erol Alkan
  • Trust
  • Powerful
  • Instinct