Alan Dundes Quotes
In the light of our culture, these are not unreasonable questions and tactics, but if once again, we try to see the lens through which we look, we can see that there is far too great an emphasis placed on the future.
Quotes to Explore
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Listen: our culture is saturated with irony whether we know it or not.
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I've always wanted to play quarterback, and I lucked out to be able to play for my favorite team - America's team. I'm just living the moment. I feel like all of this was supposed to happen. When you work hard, things work your way.
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It lies in human nature that where you experience your first laughs, you also remember the age kindly.
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There are some things I wish I never knew, but I am grateful for things that I have learned, too.
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Over the years, humans have managed to incorporate nearly every element, light and weighty, common and obscure, into our daily lives. And given how small atoms are and how many of them there are all around us, it's almost certain that your body has at least brushed against an atom of every single natural element on the periodic table.
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I knew it would break his heart if I didn't go into the business.
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Playing the priest on 'Oz' was a fantastic experience. I was very lucky.
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One of my initial memories of being taken over by music was watching Paul McCartney on TV play a tribute to John Lennon. He was playing piano by himself and singing 'Imagine,' and I remember feeling an anxiety and shortness of breath.
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We left Dayton, September 23, and arrived at our camp at Kill Devil Hill on Friday, the 25th.
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The stakes are high on every film now because there's the opening weekend. The first week is extremely crucial; increasingly, films are being judged in terms of opening day, opening weekend, then first week. People are going berserk promoting their films.
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Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.
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Authenticity means erasing the gap between what you firmly believe inside and what you reveal to the outside world.
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I myself consider myself the most powerful figure in the world.
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Time was God's first creation.
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You know, I had the music baskets and the writing basket. And I had the acting. And those eggs just hatched first, and the others were slow to incubate.
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The more research you do, the more at ease you are in the world you're writing about. It doesn't encumber you, it makes you free.
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I received a call from Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum and head coach Eric Mangini. They asked me if I was ready to become a New York Jet. I quickly answered 'yes' and began to hug everyone at the table.
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I am disappointed and disturbed by both the NFL and the Dodgers - but much more by the Dodgers.
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When everyone feels that risks are at their minimum, over-confidence can take over and elementary precautions start to get watered down.
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The whole story of the comfort women, the system of forced sexual slavery, the medical experiments of Unit 731, is not something that is in the US psyche. That is changing because many books are coming out.
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It's very important for people to know what gives them meaning. But it's hard for people to figure out if you're not connecting with yourself and taking the time to just be introspective and daydream.
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My aim and my passion is to own and breed race horses.
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In the light of our culture, these are not unreasonable questions and tactics, but if once again, we try to see the lens through which we look, we can see that there is far too great an emphasis placed on the future.
