Dave Allen Quotes
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I love cooking and baking.
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I have worked hard and learnt that I have to make a decision - whether I am going to conform and protect myself or not. I chose not to.
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I've sort of been an anthropologist of modern America, in a non-academic way. Whether it's Marines or Tupperware salesladies, high end audiophiles or bike couriers, I'm fascinated by the hallmarks of the American tribe.
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All art is exorcism. I paint dreams and visions too; the dreams and visions of my time. Painting is the effort to produce order; order in yourself. There is much chaos in me, much chaos in our time.
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Some of the craziest people I've met, in my life, are some of the most brilliant people I've met.
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What I love about L.A. and Washington, D.C. is that they're almost the opposite of each other. L.A. is a very creative space while D.C. is a very cerebral space. So, they're the ying and the yang in my world. I like them both for their own reasons.
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Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.
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I am always a beginner. I only try to include different parts of life; the pastoral, the tragic, et cetera.
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It is not infrequent to hear men declaim loudly upon liberty, who, if we may judge by the whole tenor of their actions, mean nothing else by it but their own liberty - to oppress without control, or the restraint of laws, all who are poorer and weaker than themselves.
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For me, I always have to establish a reality for the character. In very actor-y terms, you just have to understand his reality.
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He swayed in the strong wind that pressed against his back. He swayed forward, on the brink of the high cliff. And his right foot, his enormous iron right foot, lifted-up, out, into space, and the Iron Man stepped forward, off the cliff, into nothingness.
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A destruction only man can provoke, only man can prevent. Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures, it is our gift to each other.
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There is no secret ingredient or hidden formula responsible for the success of the best Japanese companies.
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Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough.
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Lean your body forward slightly to support the guitar against your chest, for the poetry of the music should resound in your heart.
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The capacity to combine commitment with skepticism is essential to democracy.
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You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It's just a matter of paying attention to this miracle.
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My little yorkie Floyd is the ultimate buddy, and his passport has as many stamps as mine.
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The crisis of children having children has been eclipsed by the greater crisis of children killing children.
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I read the most extravagant things about people who suffer and depress because of things written about them.
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I think one of the reasons to be here on earth is to finally be who we are, at all times - to know and be predictable to ourselves.
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The essence of Hinduism is the same essence of all true religions: Bhakti or pure love for God and genuine compassion for all beings.
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Goodnight, thank you, and may your God go with you.
