Alan Garner Quotes
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The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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Not really, drums found me, I just liked music, all kinds of music.
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I think if we understand better the impact of war on women and children, we might be more careful about the wars we start.
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I'm not a control freak.
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I am writing a book called 'The History of Australia in Hundred Objects.' It's of things we have invented in Australia. And you know, some of them are amazing. We invented the clapper boards used in films. We invented those cranes - those big long cranes used on construction sites.
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I'm as addicted to 'Power' as I am 'Empire.' I'm just grateful. We get a chance to have two phenomenal shows that we can enjoy. So when 'Empire' is over, 'Power' starts. When 'Power' is over, 'Empire' starts.
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Here's what I have at my advantage: I've never been a personality. I've always been a character actor.
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By keeping the annuities, we could build up a national industry every years as big as the Shannon Scheme.
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The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
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If I can hit No. 1 on the 'New York Times' best-seller list, I'm thinking of having the entire list tattooed on my body somewhere. It would be fabulous.
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I'd repair our education system or replace it with something that works.
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Having a credible existence in the private sector frees people to be able to be better public servants. You're less concerned with... toeing the party line and more concerned with doing what is right.
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Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.
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The problem with binge-watching on Netflix is that you lose three days of your life.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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My mother is Italian and my dad's Irish. In my family, we're expressive. Nobody holds back.
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In a way, it's good not to be recognised as much off screen.
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If we don't enforce visa laws, we basically have open borders.
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I work just as hard and have just as much fun whether in a 50-seat house or in a 1000-seat house. It's a luxury to be in a tiny space every once in a while and a rush to be on a giant stage every once in a while.
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Memory is often less about the truth than about what we want it to be.
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Arithmetic has a very great and elevating effect, compelling the soul to reason about abstract number, and rebelling against the introduction of visible or tngible objects into the argument.
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If you count my childhood appearances in a few TV shows and being the son of two well-known actor parents in the U.K., plus three years of drama school, you could say that I've been pretty much surrounded by the business of acting and performing my entire life.
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When I got home from school, I never knew which mood of my mom was gonna be on the other side of the door. I didn't know what I was gonna get when I turned the doorknob. That's very good preparation if you want to be a producer.
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Im not supposed to be within two hundred feet of a school or a Chuck E. Cheese.
