Alan Arkin Quotes
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I do always have a wall up. But I feel by doing it, I keep myself safe.
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A 'philosophical dictionary' is not a dictionary of philosophy that you use to look up obscure thinkers or recondite terms. It is a collection of brief and pithy essays on diverse topics, informed by one vision, and usually arranged in alphabetical order.
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Planning bores me. I like to go with the flow. Being whimsical is nice, occasionally. It keeps things fresh; there's no expectation.
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The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
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I doubt anyone else would have travelled as extensively as I have to meet the citizens of the country.
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The more that Japanese players go to the big leagues to play and succeed, the more that will serve to inspire young kids in Japan to want to become baseball players when they grow up.
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Reverence the deacons as you would the command of God.
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The good news is when you open up in Vegas, you have a lot of friends, because they all come over to see your opening night.
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You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off.
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There were centuries when civilization had no theater.
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I've learnt that it is important not to go over the top with aggression, because then either you are going to miss a lot of games, or you are not going to be concentrating on the game you are playing.
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When I graduated college, I had a fairly successful weekly club gig and was buying more studio equipment and writing my own music. I realized I didn't want to work.
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Early on I saw the plastic quality in colored people and had friends among them; and later was to work from colored models and friends, including Paul Robeson, whose splendid head I worked from in New York. I tried to draw Chinamen in their quarter, but the Chinese did not like being drawn and would immediately disappear when they spotted me.
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I think what's fascinating is how many people are playing in politics who maybe haven't played before.
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Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
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I remember when I first met Katherine Bigelow for 'Zero Dark Thirty' – actually, we met for another movie, and that never got made, and then she called me and invited me to 'Zero Dark Thirty'.
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I once rode a motorcycle across Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco!
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A good hair day is when my curls are popping. Sometimes my curls and waves, they like to go a little wild sometimes. They have a mind of their own. But some days, they just fall right into place.
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You need to accept the fact that you’re not the best and have all the will to strive to be better than anyone you face.
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You could make a film out of just about anything so long as there is a clear vision about the story.
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I think we all feel geeky at times, don't we? Isn't that all a part of the wonderful tapestry of life?
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I inhale loneliness like it is the sweet smell of virgin earth conquered by fiery rain drops. Within me, I'm a thousand others.
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I told them that my grandfather had died in the Great Crash of 1929 - a stockbroker jumped out of a window and crushed him and his pushcart down below.
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A director without a vision is a catastrophe.
