Alan C. Greenberg Quotes
My father was the youngest of six brothers, and he was the brains. I never thought he was making what he should have. He had to split it with five brothers. So I made up my mind: I was going to go on my own and make my own money.
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The loss of life will be irreplaceable.
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Happiness is precious, and so I prefer to keep mine private. In a world where everyone shares everything, I can think of a lot of happy moments, but they're mine.
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It's only Western civilization that, God forbid, you talk about dying, when it's the only thing we know for certain, right? Everyone's going to die, so what's the big problem? 'Oh, God. Don't talk about it. Don't think about it.' I mean, I'm one of them. I'm not a big fan of talking about dying.
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I always say that I'm at my best when there's no example of what the character is supposed to be. I thrive when there's not much and I have to create it.
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Speech happens to not be his language.
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I'm always surprised when an actor goes so deeply into the truth that they shake you to your core.
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There's never really been a real hood Christmas movie.
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The only way a kid is going to practice is if it's total fun for him... and it was for me.
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If you're losing, just be a man; be a man and lose as a man.
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When I cook a meal, I like to serve things one by one and keep them separate. I get that from my father - he's such a purist. Some people even put their desserts on the main plate. It's just wrong.
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I actually like getting out of my comfort zone. It shakes me up.
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I used to wear miniskirts with my GB top, and sparkly sandals, and the boys would be like: 'Oh my gosh, this girl cannot be serious.'
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I'm building shopping centers and movie theaters in the inner cities. So that means supplying jobs and letting blacks understand that we have to build our communities back, not looking to anybody else.
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I'm not spending every second thinking about the World Cup, but it's always in my mind when I make choices and decisions.
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When I was little, I wanted to be an astronomer, but that didn't happen.
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A creationist can embarrass an evolutionist by asking for a definition of species.
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There's nothing funnier than the human animal.
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The 'Outlander' fans are super-passionate.
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Sarcasm is weird. Even not in acting, in life I feel like 'sarcastic' is a word that people use to describe me sometimes so when I meet someone, it's almost like they feel like they have to also be sarcastic, but it can sometimes just come off as mean if it's not used in the right way.
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Starting a company is rough. It's even harder when you're young - I know this firsthand, because my first company flopped when I was 25.
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I'll never stop working. I want to die in the saddle. A day is wasted for me if I haven't done something even mildly creative.
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Forgiveness is the oil of relationships.
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I grew up in Chicago, and there was always snow. In Los Angeles there never was, so we would always import snow!
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My father was the youngest of six brothers, and he was the brains. I never thought he was making what he should have. He had to split it with five brothers. So I made up my mind: I was going to go on my own and make my own money.
