Alan Ball Quotes
Not everything is going to be successful. To strive for that is really naive. You just do the best you can do.
Quotes to Explore
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In case of doubt, do a little more than you have to.
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I have this extraordinary life during the day, and then I get to come home to my sweet husband who loves to cook with me. I have a nice glass of wine, he has some scotch, we chat, we cook, and we hang out with the dog. I have an absolute dream life.
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For me beauty is valued more than anything - the beauty that is manifest in a curved line or in an act of creativity.
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I grew up on 'Battle of the Planets.'
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I like very much to put on fashion shows.
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It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.
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If you can't describe what you are doing as a process, you don't know what you're doing.
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The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day you're off it.
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I'm the nicest, most loyal person in the world when it comes to my friends.
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We are not voting for health care if we do not resolve this language on public funding for abortion - no public funding for abortion.
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Cycling was the sport of our family - we did it all the time, five days a week.
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People have to realize that dieting is not a sprint, it's a marathon. If you celebrate the small victories, you will eventually win the war.
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Yes, our DNA is unique but so is a salamander’s.
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For his the artist's life is, of necessity, full of conflicts, since two forces fight in him: the ordinary man with his justified claim for happiness, contentment, and guarantees for living on the one hand, and the ruthless creative passion on the other, which under certain conditions crushes all personal desires into the dust.
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When I feel very loved, when I nurture and support people, my experience is deepened. I feel connected to a larger purpose and meaning.
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It was such a relief to program in user mode for a change. Not having to care about the small stuff is wonderful.
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A lie will gallop halfway round the world before the truth has time to pull its breeches on.
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Studio 54 made Halloween in Hollywood look like a PTA meeting.
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Nothing beats a private visit to Number Ten or Chequers to take the wind out of rebellious sails.
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I walked out of the theater and started crying. My wife asked me, 'Why are you crying?' I said, 'Because I can't do that.' I didn't know how he did it. I've never seen anything like that. It's like this feat, this Rodin sculpture to me. It's like hearing an opera singer and the tears go down your face because it's not human what they're doing. It's like sounds of heaven.
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With acting, I always felt like I didn't have control of it. It was all about other people giving me a job.
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I have the personality where, although my ego can be healthy, sometimes I also feel like people won't remember me, or they won't know who I am.
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We are not going back to the failed policies of the past. We are fighting for the middle class!
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Not everything is going to be successful. To strive for that is really naive. You just do the best you can do.
