Alan Ball Quotes
My own belief is that people can come back from anything. It doesn't mean that it won't come at a huge cost.
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Jazz vision for me is seeing my art in musical term. It offers me an visual expressions in an ever-changing musical palette.
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I've always wanted to play quarterback, and I lucked out to be able to play for my favorite team - America's team. I'm just living the moment. I feel like all of this was supposed to happen. When you work hard, things work your way.
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Sex is the ersatz or substitute religion of the 20th Century.
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Not every woman has time to go to a salon and have her hair blow-dried every day.
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You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.
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I have an enormous metabolism, so I'm lucky.
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It's really hard for kids nowadays: you can get a decent education, but there are no jobs out there. You worry about how they are ever going to afford to live anywhere.
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The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another.
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I'm associated with gospel music in the minds of millions of people.
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I'm a sort of nuts-and-bolts guy. I'm into turning wrenches and swinging a hammer and wrenching on cars.
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'SVU' is one of my favorite shows. When I got the call to appear and play myself, I jumped at the chance. Obviously, I went over my lines, but playing yourself is a really great way to get your feet wet in the acting field. I enjoyed being on set and learning as much as I could about the scripted world.
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You know, I've sold a lot of bad movies in my time.
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Any competent actor could have done what I did.
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I was supposed to be a doctor. I was supposed to go to Princeton. And everything I was supposed to do I didn't.
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The definition of a Schwarzenegger Republican is a Bush Republican who says he's a Schwarzenegger Republican.
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When I see a movie with someone it's kind of uncomfortable.
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I suppose I am one of those lucky people who eats what they like and doesn't gain too much weight.
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Even the worst Bond movies, there's something to love about them.
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No nation keeps its word. A nation is a big, blind worm, following what? Fate perhaps. A nation has no honour, it has no word to keep. … Hitler is himself the nation. That incidentally is why Hitler always has to talk so loud, even in private conversation - because he is speaking with 78 million voices.
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I think people will be really shocked when they see this because people are used to eating portions that are so much bigger.
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I like it when the deeper you go with the character, the more you see the layers start to peel away.
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The people of Kentucky have had enough. They have had enough of bailouts for Wall Street banks.
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My own belief is that people can come back from anything. It doesn't mean that it won't come at a huge cost.
