Alan Ball Quotes

Life is infinitely complex, and I feel like we live in a culture that really seems to want to simplify it into sound bites and bromides, and that does not work.

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• I've listened to female vocalists my whole life. That's what I love. I still listen to guys' vocals and don't get taken aback a lot.

  

  Sam Smith
  • Life
  • Listen
  • Female

• The names are bigger, the show is worldwide, but I get a royal pass into life in the broadcasting business.

  

  Larry King
  • Life
  • Business
  • Royal

• I technically have two last names, which is a lot of fun when you're making airline reservations.

  

  Mackenzie Astin
  • Fun
  • You
  • Names

• I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.

  

  Nancy Reagan
  • Political
  • Talk
  • Matters

• I am sure it does not hurt that Mitt Romney is my dad. I'm sure it's opened a lot of doors for me. But I think I've been pretty effective once I've gotten through the door at doing a pretty good job.

  

  Tagg Romney
  • Job
  • Dad
  • Effective

• I never considered myself a movie star, and I didn't want to become a movie star, because as soon as you do, you throw away that possibility of playing character. You really do. All of a sudden you're just an entity, you know?

  

  Sam Shepard
  • Character
  • Movie
  • Want

• I'm trying to have some longevity in this business. If that means not working for a while and just picking the right job, so be it.

  

  Aaron Paul
  • Trying
  • Business
  • Job

• I have a lot of LGBT friends and family members and I've always supported the community, not only as a child but as an adult, and I think it's important to voice that.

  

  Lana Parrilla
  • Important
  • Family
  • Friends

• I've actually done events at radio stations where I feel like I've had to give a little talk in behalf of television as a medium.

  

  Ira Glass
  • Done
  • Feel
  • Television

• Well, I don't think it ever did, but in the early '60s I got interested in folk music.

  

  Warren Zevon
  • Music
  • Think
  • Early

• I came to New York when I was eighteen years old, and the first audition that I ever went to was this huge cattle call at the Equity building where I had gone two days earlier to sign up - I didn't have an agent or anything. It was for 'Chicago.' There were probably three hundred people there.

  

  Kate Levering
  • People
  • Up
  • Chicago

• So the lover must struggle for words.

  

  T. S. Eliot
  • Words
  • Struggle
  • Romantic

• Some Libertarians argue that Western occupation fans the flames of radical Islam; I agree. But I don't agree that, absent Western occupation, that radical Islam 'goes quietly into that good night.'

  

  Rand Paul
  • Good
  • Night
  • Islam

• Everyone said, 'Well, you're very old for a first novel,' and I said, 'How do you write when you haven't lived? How do you write when you have no experience? How do you write straight out of university?'

  

  Kate Atkinson
  • Experience
  • Said
  • Old

• Winelibrary.tv was about building personal brand equity. It was a business move. Now, it was totally surrounded by a passion for wine, but I very much gave a lot of thought to doing a sports-video blog instead.

  

  Gary Vaynerchuk
  • Business
  • Passion
  • Sports

• I never went to concerts when I was a kid, so I never knew if what I was doing onstage was right.

  

  Fiona Apple
  • Never
  • Doing
  • Kid

• My motto is never to hold on to anything. I accept and then let go: not just the negatives, but the praise, too. Or it'll get to my head.

  

  Nargis Fakhri
  • Just
  • Praise
  • Motto

• Man, I'm a conspiracy theorist by nature. You can't experience the federal penal system and not be somewhat skeptical.

  

  T.I.
  • Experience
  • Nature
  • Man

• There's something about the darkness that I find unavoidably intoxicating. The knowledge that other people are sleeping and, therefore, unavailable to ruin my solitude, makes me more peaceful than I am during the day.

  

  Rachel Nichols
  • People
  • Knowledge
  • Day

• I respect Apple. It's a great company that changed the world, especially the mobile time.

  

  Jack Ma
  • Time
  • World
  • Great

• Style to me is a mix between rock star chic-quirky-sexy and expressive. I always dress for my body type, as it's important to highlight your pluses! I like edgy clothes that have character. I usually dress by the mood I'm in - so if I'm in my ripped jeans and leather jacket, you know I'm feeling rebellious!

  

  Jiah Khan
  • Important
  • Character
  • Feeling

• So many people would like to have guidance from God because obviously, if you have a word from God, it's the best possible thing. But they don't relate that to life as a whole. Often they want guidance as a way of opting out of the responsibility of making decisions.

  

  Dallas Willard
  • People
  • Life
  • God

• I don't like kissing on camera. It's bad enough to be caught kissing by your parents. But when you have a whole crew watching you, it's a little weird.

  

  Christine Lakin
  • Bad
  • Parents
  • Weird

• Life is infinitely complex, and I feel like we live in a culture that really seems to want to simplify it into sound bites and bromides, and that does not work.

  

  Alan Ball
  • Life
  • Work
  • Live