Alan Ball Quotes
A lot of times, the choice of the right song will save a scene. Or there will be a scene that's a little flat and you put in the right song and somehow it just comes alive.
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People said, 'How could you walk away from music?' But being a dad - there's nothing that can touch that.
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To me, family is everything. I want children to realize how important their families are and what a support system a family is.
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If even in science there is no a way of judging a theory but by assessing the number, faith and vocal energy of its supporters, then this must be even more so in the social sciences: truth lies in power.
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Fun wouldn't be the right word... it was the most difficult, challenging, physical, extraordinary stretch I've ever had to make, in all those wild regards.
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Newt Gingrich seldom misses a chance to note that he is a historian.
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I've always been clear - I feel good at Chelsea. Every week, I repeat the same on PSG. It's a big team but an inferior league. I don't want to return to France, because I've won everything over there - the league title, cup, best player, best young player.
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I am like a man so busy in letting rooms in one end of his house, that he can't stop to put out the fire that is burning the other.
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The prayers of cowards fortune spurns.
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We cannot let our respect for the FBI blind us from the fact the FBI has sometimes come up short of our expectations.
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Anti-religious sneers are a hallmark of perpetual adolescents.
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My retiring days are behind me – they're going to have to throw me out now.
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The first time I walked on a stage I knew that was what I was created to do. I knew that there was a calling and a sense of purpose in my life that gave me fulfillment and a sense of destiny.
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Whenever I write a new song, it always happens when I come back from Europe or Egypt or something like that. It's always from travelling.
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As a youngster, when I started writing and stuff, I did actually write more from other people's perspectives. When I hit 18 and something happened to me that hurt me, I discovered that writing the truth is really therapeutic and amazing.
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Of course, a movie is in constant flux.
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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.
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I have never tried to compare myself to anyone else.
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There are moments to indulge and enjoy, but I always know when it's time to go home and wash my knickers.
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The juxtaposition between fishing and touring couldn't be greater.
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Whoever refuses to obey the general will will be forced to do so by the entire body; this means merely that he will be forced to be free.
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I've started getting acclimated to writing on the road and on the spot. I just let whatever I feel at the time come out, instead of really sitting there and taking days to write just one song.
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When I got cast in 'Rocky IV,' I had never seen a film camera before. And here I was in this boxing movie.
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I didn't know anything about fashion. You would see me in the biggest sweater with jeans or the tightest elastic pants. Not nice clothes. My mom took me a lot to consignment stores when I was younger, and I never really got to go to fancy high-class stores, so... vintage was like a step up.
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A lot of times, the choice of the right song will save a scene. Or there will be a scene that's a little flat and you put in the right song and somehow it just comes alive.
