Alan Dale Quotes
I came to the United States to see what would happen in 2000 after working for 20 years in Australia and asked my agent to look out for the nasty roles because I'd become famous for playing the nicest man in Australia. So I wanted to play bad guys.
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In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.
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Fashion is very tough, and we shouldn't forget that before designers were money-makers, they were artists.
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The business is so international now; you'll be working on an American film, and you'll start chatting to someone, and it's like: 'Oh, you're English, too.'
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I would gladly admit women are superior to men if only they would stop trying to be the same as us.
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While criticism of Israel is legitimate and justifiable, it cannot be an excuse - in any way, shape or form - for anti-Semitism.
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I can't predict whether I'll leave here freely or in handcuffs.
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I know what I look like - a weird, sad clown puppet. I'm fine with that.
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I'd known that the visit would be highly scripted and that genuine interactions with citizens wouldn't be possible, since it's illegal for them to speak with foreigners. Still, I'd thought I'd had a unique look at North Korea, only to discover I was wrong.
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I do not think that having children - I have three teenagers - keeps you young. The reverse. It thrusts you into a full-frontal confrontation with your own all-too-obvious maturity.
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You can't create a monster, then whine when it stomps on a few buildings.
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I think, like any artist, those baby songs are not the best things you've ever written, but they count because they're you're first attempts at creating art and expressing yourself.
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And when did mere preaching do any good? Put something in the place of these things. Fill the vacuum of the mind.
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A movie is about human beings, about humanity.
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A good leader must be fair.
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I've always been busy, but I wasn't always successful.
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It is a struggle for the minds of the people... No cause justifies recourse to terrorism.
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There really are three types of 'religious' movies: the ones that make fun of it, the ones that vilify it and the ones that literally preach to the converted.
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My music, certainly, has never embarrassed me.
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Men don't pay attention to small things.
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This is the central illusion in life: that randomness is a risk, that it is a bad thing ...
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I like retirement.
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Writing has become my great joy - I simply love it.
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I think I'd fall for you no matter what, Claire. You're kind of awesome.
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I came to the United States to see what would happen in 2000 after working for 20 years in Australia and asked my agent to look out for the nasty roles because I'd become famous for playing the nicest man in Australia. So I wanted to play bad guys.
