Alan Ball Quotes
I am a little suspicious of industry paradigms. I feel like so many movies and TV shows feel so familiar because of over-reliance on these paradigms.
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Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.
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You must pay for your sins. If you have already paid, please ignore this notice.
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I've been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
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A voyage to Europe in the summer of 1921 gave me the first opportunity of observing the wonderful blue opalescence of the Mediterranean Sea. It seemed not unlikely that the phenomenon owed its origin to the scattering of sunlight by the molecules of the water.
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Here's the thing that people don't understand: I don't really care. I've never been a careerist. It's not a strategy. I react to certain characters and story lines and specific mode of filmmaking.
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When I was blonde I was perceived as an innocent and sweet young girl.
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Men! The only animal in the world to fear.
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I would say issues around human rights - either you're going to take a hard stance, or you're not. You can't borrow money from China the way the U.S. has done and then turn around and say, 'But you've got a human-rights problem.' You can't be half pregnant.
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It is outrageous to utter the name of Jesus Christ and live in Judaism.
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Always prefer the plain direct word to the long, vague one. Don't implement promises, but keep them.
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My dad and I used to watch 'Ninja Warrior' all the time back when it was in Japan. I would always say, 'I could do that,' kind of joking, but obviously kind of serious.
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The subconscious is ceaselessly murmuring, and it is by listening to these murmurs that one hears the truth.
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I'm a writer. I'm not an actress.
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I'm fascinated by how much has changed from one generation to another. There are young people growing up now for whom apartheid is just a distant memory and the idea of military service is an abstract notion.
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I love being toned and having muscle; it's so sexy and beautiful. And I owe it 100 percent to yoga.
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As many of the riders before me had been held up and robbed of their packages, mail and money that they carried, for that was the only means of getting mail and money between these points.
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I don't know how much I believe in redemptive stories, even though people want them and strive for them.
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I'm thirty years old, but I read at the thirty-four-year-old level.
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Once and for all, there are many things I choose not to know.--Wisdom sets limits even to knowledge.
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The source of bad character is love of this world.
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There is a criterion by which you can judge whether the thoughts you are thinking and the things you are doing are right for you. The criterion is: Have they brought you inner peace?
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You cannot take a few people from one unit, throw them in with some from another, give them someone else's equipment, and hope to come up with a top-notch fighting unit.
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I'll cover you in flowers someday, Julie-girl.
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I am a little suspicious of industry paradigms. I feel like so many movies and TV shows feel so familiar because of over-reliance on these paradigms.
