Dave Alvin Quotes
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I've got a couple of bands that I'm working on. The one I'm really excited about, we're called London The Child. It's folky music and it's really cool.
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In politics you must always keep running with the pack. The moment that you falter and they sense that you are injured, the rest will turn on you like wolves.
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When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman's part is more interesting, I usually start thinking about Spencer Tracy and Fred Astaire. They seem to be the most clear actors when working with women.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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When it comes to power, God Himself is the power. God often uses foolish things to confound the wise. That is why people like me will ever be grateful to God. In terms of knowledge, education and name, I am nowhere - a neglected stone.
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Why would Senator Allen want to oppose saving money for the state? It's simply another example of Republicans fighting the governor tooth and nail against any measure where she might be able to turn the state's budget around.
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I don't have business with any politicians.
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I always enjoyed myself a lot in pre-school.
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I'm mostly drawn to narratives that are difficult for me to visualize.
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Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.
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Fashion is unique. It's a leveler, not a divider.
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I think when I first straightened my hair, I was a teenager. I don't believe that I was consciously doing it to look white or to be on television. It never crossed my mind. All of the girls in my neighborhood got perms and their hair straightened. But I know that historically it was to assimilate and there are some people who do it for that reason.
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I always try to start my weekend by running on the beach, which is great fun here in Barcelona.
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We want to be two-way players; that's the best thing.
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The most enduring stories in literature generally have some kind of crime at their center, whether it's the bloody butchery of 'Hamlet,' the lecherous misanthropes of Dickens or the lone gunman from 'The Great Gatsby.'
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Never put a sock in a toaster.
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All the children of the great men in Persia are brought up at court, where they have an opportunity of learning great modesty, and where nothing immodest is ever heard or seen.
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I was trying to be Mary Tyler Moore. I loved her in 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.'
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If I'm paying money to come to see you, you shouldn't look like everybody else in the crowd.
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I have jokes I've told before and will tell again, but my favorite part of the night is talking to the crowd.
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Perhaps we all give the best of our hearts uncritically--to those who hardly think about us in return.
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Music is about self-expression and representing the times, and I think fashion is the same. It took me a long time to find my own style, both in terms of fashion and music.
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There are two types of folk music: quiet folk music and loud folk music. I play both.
