Alan Arkin Quotes
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The Bible is very clear about one thing: Using politics to create fairness is a sin.
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If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.
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The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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You don't move just because you want to go from this point to that point - the body has to be using the words as well as you vocally use the words.
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One of our first jobs was at Saba Software. We were helping them build their products for the cloud. We wanted to build our own product and move away from consulting. We were looking for a change. The CEO of Saba introduced me to Marc Benioff.
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Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.
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Dick Durbin's a worthy opponent on any debate. He's very intelligent, quick. Knows his facts and puts them forward well.
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As newly created P2P businesses disrupt the status quo and compete with established companies, they face the difficulty of fitting a square peg into a round hole when it comes to existing regulatory regimes that don't contemplate their business models.
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I knew on the day that I accepted my job at CNN that a ratings victory at 8 P.M. was going to be a formidable challenge. As I have been told over and over, this is the toughest time slot in cable news.
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I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much.
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If I don't train enough, of course I'm nervous.
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I believe that we should be able to marry whom ever we choose. As long as both people are willing... I say go for it!
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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I've got friends who are literally working alone on indie games that have no prospect of profit or commercial success. I've got guys working on iPhone games.
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'Power Play' is a morality tale for our post-Enron world and - not incidentally - wildly entertaining. Nothing wrong with that.
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A lot of people quit looking for work as soon as they find a job.
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If you don't go to a dance, you can never be rejected, but you'll never get to dance, either.
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I have seven beautiful grandchildren, four of whom are girls.
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One of the things that sparked my interest in this is the case of Emmanuel Constant, who started a militia called FRAPH that was backed by the CIA. FRAPH killed thousands of Haitians in the early 1990s. Now while Constant is living comfortably in Queens, other Haitians are being deported. I wanted to see how those who have been bruised by people like that deal with coming face to face with their torturers.
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Americans are very easygoing people. If the added attention and great visibility that I have been able to generate can help open doors and expose more Chinese to American values and the American way of life, that is great.
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There are three kinds of despots. There is the despot who tyrannises over the body. There is the despot who tyrannises over the soul. There is the despot who tyrannises over the soul and body alike. The first is called the Prince. The second is called the Pope. The third is called the People.
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It's not racist if I like the race. But I don't like Asian people.
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I know that if I can't move people, then I have no business being an actor.
