Alan Ball Quotes
The difference between film and TV is the pace. You don't have the leisure of time in television.
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I am a Buddhist.
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The joining of the whole congregation in prayer has something exceedingly solemn and affecting in it.
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Writers have an opinion about the world and offer arguments about the world. They should offer contemplation.
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However, it does seem now that the international community, more importantly the powers that have influence, and, even more importantly, Afghanistan's neighbors realize that it is high time that they work together, and not against one another.
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A guitar riff played on a piano doesn't come close to the purity of it being played on a guitar but I faked it enough to get by.
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I feel like an alien. I feel people don't like me. People behaved strangely after 'Rockstar.'
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I was only 11 when we filmed the pilot. The idea of a rapper being a star on a sitcom just wasn't heard of.
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Television shows and movies that are all white, I can't watch them. They totally alienate me.
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Of one thing there is no doubt: if Paris makes demands of the heart, then Munich makes demands of the stomach.
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They always say, 'Time heals.' But it really doesn't. You just get used to it. I live life with the mentality of 'OK, I lost the only thing that has ever been important to me.' So going forward, anything bad that happens can't be nearly as bad as what happened before.
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I don't talk in ifs.
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I will only think of settling down after Salman Khan, the other most eligible bachelor, plans to settle down. We are eligible bachelors, but he's the rock star, so let him get married first; then I'll think about myself.
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I don't want to dig in the truth all of the time. Let me dream.
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The soul has illusions as the bird has wings: it is supported by them.
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That is not enough. Sport has been great for me, a great learning place that if you want to achieve you can, even if you are from the poorest part of Africa.
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My mission is to support our service members. They're volunteers, and if they're going to go to a hostile place like Afghanistan, I think we owe it to them to back them up and try to help them get through it.
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About a year after leaving drama school or a year and a half - and I was working solidly ever since leaving drama school - I picked up 'Game of Thrones.'
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
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I always wanted to prove myself. I think I naturally can't help but want to do something and push the boundaries.
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I used to hate getting dressed, getting in front of the camera and walking down the red carpet. It bothered me because I felt like I couldn't be what they wanted me to be. Now it's still not my favorite thing, but I get through it a lot easier because I know that my work brings value to who I am.
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I think that if you shake the tree, you ought to be around when the fruit falls to pick it up.
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I try to look at every role the same way, regardless of whether the character is real or the character is a fantasy. I always start from myself, because you have to know yourself first.
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The simple hearth of the small farm is the true center of our universe.
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The difference between film and TV is the pace. You don't have the leisure of time in television.
