Alan Ball Quotes
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Don't send funny greeting cards on birthdays or at Christmas. Save them for funerals, when their cheery effect is needed.
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Parodies of commercials are by no means new and have been popular going back to black-and-white TV shows of the '50s.
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Follow the yellow brick road.
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I haven't done as many films as I would have liked.
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Sometimes you just have to jump off the cliff without knowing where you will land.
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If you are nice, and keep your promise, we will be in paradise.
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If someone had told me in high school that one day I'd write an historical novel, I would have rolled my eyes.
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It's important to me that I look good on television because, let's face it, I'm single, and you want somebody to watch the show and fall in love with you.
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I don't work out as much as I should, but I do believe that it's a healthy mind as well as a healthy body that keeps me fit, sound and calm.
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Love is reaching out to try to get to the other person.
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Watching Republicans in Washington is like watching lemmings, if lemmings jumped into cesspools instead of off cliffs.
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What's clear - and exciting - is that communication for social change is growing.
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First of all, we have infrastructure as a service, which Amazon has; we have platform as a service, which Microsoft has; we have software as a service; we have applications. Nobody has everything except us. We also have data as a service.
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I see no reason to have my shirts ironed. It's irrational.
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The great lesson I get from 'Moby-Dick' is that when the times are bad, when there is great foreboding, there are still ways to go about living. It's through Ishmael that I find a kind of overall cosmic approach to a meaningful life in this meaningless world.
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There is nothing charming about a woman who cannot walk in her shoes.
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I believe that all nations - strong and weak alike - must adhere to standards that govern the use of force. I - like any head of state - reserve the right to act unilaterally if necessary to defend my nation. Nevertheless, I am convinced that adhering to standards, international standards, strengthens those who do, and isolates and weakens those who don't.
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The problem is that too often the only people who can act don’t want change. Power doesn’t so much corrupt as it breeds conservatism.
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To be completely honest, I didn't know 'Twilight' was a book.
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When you believe in something, you can move mountains.
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My kids are always awake. It's they're taking shifts. 'Alright, I'll annoy 'em from midnight to . Who wants to ?'
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I don't wanna believe that racism exists, but the more I wish it away, the more I realize it's in our system.
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Racism is ridiculous no matter where it's coming from.
