Alan Arkin Quotes
The years I spent paying my dues are in the background, and so are my concerns about whether my performance is good or bad.
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I want people to get over the stigma about hemp. These seeds can't make you high, but they will make you feel good.
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The want of money is the root of all evil.
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For me, it is very important to control a situation in defence. You can always score goals, but you have to add stability in the defence.
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It's strange but I suppose I'm one of those senior players now and I'll be helping the young players as much as I can.
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Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
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When 'Mulholland Dr.' was voted the Best Film of the Decade, that was very meaningful for me. That film opened up incredible doors for me, and I believe that that was the reason I was given opportunities to play all kinds of characters.
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It may not always be easy, convenient, or politically correct to stand for truth and right, but it is the right thing to do. Always.
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I don't believe in strong-arming people.
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If you live through the initial stage of fame and get past it, and remember thats not who you are. If you live past that, then you have a hope of maybe learning how to spell the word artist.
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Sex appeal is in the workplace every day of the week. I'm not saying that's the only calling card, but it's a whole crayon box.
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I never thought I would go to Gaza. It's incredibly difficult to get into, and when you get there, it's a war zone. Then they have this beach, and there's this incredible, vibrant beach culture there, which is something that I grew up with in Southern California.
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There is a great difference between Christianity and religion at the south. If a man goes to the communion table, and pays money into the treasury of the church, no matter if it be the price of blood, he is called religious.
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You should have high expectations for yourself and others should come second.
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Well, the average person comes home from work really tired, and just wants to flip through channels until they land on the thing that's the least objectionable to them. They're not looking for their new favorite TV show because they know that that search will take forever and they'll go to bed unhappy.
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The value of an arts education is widely accepted, especially in California.
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The problem is that I don't want to add another record to the world that is not necessary to be published, except to make some business. There has to be a musical reason.
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My one issue in this country is to get on a firm financial footing. There's not much you can do if you're bankrupt.
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It isn't glamorous until after the film is finished, and you are at the premiere and getting your picture on the cover of magazines.
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If I don't terrorize, I'm not Pop.
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I'm from the disco era where everybody thought they were John Travolta... What song is going to get me on the dance floor? Anything from 'Saturday Night Fever,' and you're up there like a demon.
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Never let the sense of failure corrupt your new action.
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Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.
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Brad [Pitt] and I have never wanted our kids to be actors. We've never talked about it. But, we also want them to be around film and be a part of mommy and daddy's life, and for it not to be kept from it either. We just want them to have a good, healthy relationship with it.
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The years I spent paying my dues are in the background, and so are my concerns about whether my performance is good or bad.
