Alan Ball Quotes
I'd seen 'Interview with A Vampire' and saw Dracula movies growing up, but I never thought, 'I love vampires; I have to do a show about vampires.'
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Like in every peace process, and especially in Colombia, there all kinds of problems that will come through. Not only is the process by itself very complicated but it has lots of underground complications.
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Clothing and makeup and hair and all of that so much indicates the kind of person you are inside and the person you are presenting on the outside. Sometimes they are in conflict, and sometimes they are the same. That psychology of the exterior informing the interior is just so interesting.
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When we were younger, we sang at the dinner table. We started doing two part harmony, then three part, and then we added back up tapes and instruments.
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The Supreme Court is not elected, and it is therefore not a proper arbiter of social policy.
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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Since the moment I could hold a pencil, I have spent nearly all day every day writing. And there is not an age group that I have not written for. You can read me from birth 'til death.
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I get paid to do what I enjoy, not that common a condition.
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I'd love to see more middle and high school teachers who are not teaching English develop classroom libraries. Our message to kids should be that reading is for everyone.
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That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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Adding 'just kidding' doesn't make it okay to insult the Principal.
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Any time Khaled comes to your video, it just steps it up that much more. He's so fun; people love him.
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We are very luck to be women, so even if we're wearing trousers, I always wear them with some lace underwear or a very feminine bra - I like that.
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In December 2004, I travelled on the road from Uzbekistan across the Oxus River on which the first Soviet convoys had rolled into Afghanistan 25 years before.
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Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.
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I call Washington 'the city of the perishable.'
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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I was doing things that weren't good for me. So I checked into the Churchill Priory clinic. It was the best thing I've done for ages.
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I think I'm the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ - I'm pretty annoying, but driven.
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You can't play a bad person; you can only be a person who does bad things for the right reasons.
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I guess I'm just fiercely independent.
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I experienced rejection numerous times.
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I still can't manage to keep a journal, and people have been telling me to since the fourth grade.
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One of the big questions in the climate change debate: Are humans any smarter than frogs in a pot? If you put a frog in a pot and slowly turn up the heat, it won't jump out. Instead, it will enjoy the nice warm bath until it is cooked to death. We humans seem to be doing pretty much the same thing.
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I'd seen 'Interview with A Vampire' and saw Dracula movies growing up, but I never thought, 'I love vampires; I have to do a show about vampires.'
