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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The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day you're off it.
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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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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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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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I was a high school senior and home alone one night with my younger brother. And a guy - gunman - kicked in our front door at our home in New Jersey and held the two of us captive. We escaped. He caught us again. We escaped again. So, a pretty horrific experience.
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When I put something into motion, the creativity starts to make other people want to jump in, and then a lot of people get employed. I'm just like a shark, in that way. If I stop swimming, I'll die. But, it really is about that shared experience with people. I'm from theater, and that's really what theater feels like.
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I'm trusting. I don't assume people lie to me.
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I don't just buy a dress because it's pretty - it has to be evocative of a mood, a character I want to take on.
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I'm full of hard times today
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Opportunities? I make opportunities.
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I've never been interested enough to have a career trajectory. I've never had any ambition or thought of what I should be doing or had any idea of what I'd like to do. Never. And still don't. And if something comes along, I say 'Fine.'
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I think we're in a very low point of music right now.
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Architecture has always been a very idealistic profession. It's about making the world a better place, and it works over the generations because people go on vacation and they look for it.
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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.
