Aaron Allston Quotes
That was interesting." "He deliberately countermanded one of my orders." "He was furtive." "Sneaky, even." "We'll make a Rebellion-style pilot of him yet." Tycho & Wedge (about Jag)
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I have an ambition to write a great book, but that's really a competition with myself. I've noticed that a lot of young writers, people in all media, want to be famous but they don't really want to do anything. I can't think of anything less worth striving for than fame.
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A lot of panel programmes rely on men topping each other, or sparring with each other, which is not generally a very female thing.
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If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning.
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Fame has become this obsession for people, which kind of creeps me out.
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I don't want to be polite. I don't think campaigning is polite. That's a disingenuous effort.
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You can always tell when a man's well informed. His views are pretty much like your own.
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Psychoanalysis is out, under a therapeutic disguise, to do away entirely with the moral faculty in man.
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I used to be a dancer, and for me it was a really good combination of dance and acting.
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One is that President Clinton, in his first two years of his term, did not govern as he had campaigned.
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Look good, feel good, play good.
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I'm not graceful.
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None of us suddenly becomes something overnight. The preparations have been in the making for lifetime.
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It requires genius to make a good pun - some men of bright parts can't reach it.
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Everyone is just nicer to prettier people.
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It has been a great working experience with Sreenu Vaitla.
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I love this country, I love these people, though I can't say I love their politicians. People are always nicer than politicians, but here, you can mark that difference up a hundredfold.
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I drink maple syrup. Then I'm hyper so I just run around like crazy and work it all off.
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I'm a capitalist. I believe that people take risk, and there are rewards if they do well; they should lose if they don't.
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I used to get so nervous and upset at stuff... I'd always be angry.
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I hate light... I feel like at night, it's safer. If anything happens, there's a way to hide at night. Another thing I hate about light is it reminds me about being in a refugee camp and being outside.
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At least I know that one film-maker in my career has had the initiative to come to me and thought of me as being capable of doing interesting and complicated work, and so I have a new-found belief that other film-makers will see me in a different way, the way that Patty did.
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Unlike fashion, art isn't applied. It doesn't have to serve anybody. It doesn't have to be there for any other reason than to give an impression of what the world is about.
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The local TV news is the greatest danger in your life. It's all crap.
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That was interesting." "He deliberately countermanded one of my orders." "He was furtive." "Sneaky, even." "We'll make a Rebellion-style pilot of him yet." Tycho & Wedge (about Jag)
