Alan Colmes Quotes
On my radio show at night, people will sometimes - conservatives will call and say, 'You know what, I'm really sorry I cast my vote for President Bush.' And we play Brenda Lee and 'I'm Sorry' and ask them to sing along.
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I'm not a power person. I like everyone to be on an equal footing.
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I want do a Mandarin language movie. It'll probably be the next movie I do after the one I do next.
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The very idea of carrying my memory into eternity devastated me, and I took refuge in atheism.
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I truly believe that you have to bring more content to the table to survive in radio than saying, 'There was AC/DC, and here's Journey,' because computers can do that.
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I know my fans want me on the screen. But I think hero-worship should not be allowed to corrupt the plot and narrative of a film.
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Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.
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I'm in the music business for one purpose - to make money.
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Effective teacher support in my mind is the same thing as effective management. Our teachers need strong management, just like anyone in any profession.
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I'm actually not on Twitter.
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I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired.
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I really like clever men who challenge you.
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Take the time today to understand your contribution to any bad event you've just been through.
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Writing, more than any other art, is indexed to the worthiness of the self because it is identified in people's minds with emotion.
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Defeating racism, tribalism, intolerance and all forms of discrimination will liberate us all, victim and perpetrator alike.
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The Indian business has largely grown on the back of exports. The domestic markets, as far as our Indian business is concerned, actually have contracted because of the contraction in the medium and heavy commercial vehicle space.
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I'm really into personalities. There have been certain girls that I've been attracted to, but when we got to chatting, it was such a let-down. So for me, a great personality is key.
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So, I understand when they make a mistake and everyone at home is throwing their shoe at the television set.
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Forbearance is the root of quietness and assurance forever.
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These critics who crucify me do not guess the littlest part of my sincerity. They must be burned in a blaze. I cannot learn from them.
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I always said if I played a drag queen, I'd want to create a template with the realness they talk about in 'Paris Is Burning.'
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What people are going to think of me, I can't really change that.
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Generosity is self-existing openness, complete openness. You are no longer subject to cultivating your own scheme or project. And the best way to open yourself up is to make friends with yourself and with others.
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As a working-class actor, leaving school with no qualifications, being a printer and then becoming an actor and then working with people who to a certain extent had had a leg up. I never had that advantage. It's less an artistic need to express myself and more a need to prove myself.
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On my radio show at night, people will sometimes - conservatives will call and say, 'You know what, I'm really sorry I cast my vote for President Bush.' And we play Brenda Lee and 'I'm Sorry' and ask them to sing along.
