Alan Jackson Quotes
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The world needs some help.
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When you are young, hone your craft and write shorter pieces instead of novels, because it's really hard to finish a novel.
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'Grey's Anatomy' is a very culturally diverse show.
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As a very young girl, I understood that the interior activities of the home are as significant as the exterior activities of society.
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We want to use the environment to shift the way our society works.
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So yeah, I play the piano for most of the show, but I like rock and roll.
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The first decent building I did with my own practice was a chapel in Taiwan.
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There's no doubt in the world that directing makes you a better actor. Me, anyway. There's no doubt in the world that it makes me a more collaborative actor.
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With a poetry book I can send 100 copies out to reviewers and other people, and even do it in advance and get their response. It's difficult with iPad: how do you send it out for free, and how do you even disseminate it before it goes into their store?
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A perfectly straight shot with a big club is a fluke.
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I've really been writing a lot of country songs. I used to get criticized for doing a 'Bump & Grind,' then turning around and doing a gospel song. But the truth is I'm glad I have a gift that allows me to switch lanes.
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There is a saying: 'The child is parent to the adult', which means whatever happens to you as a child or teenager affects the adult you become. You are forged in your history. And fiction is an incredibly important force in shaping children, and that's why fiction needs to be diverse.
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I think chemistry and great acting go hand-in-hand.
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The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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Russia is an amazing country to be an entrepreneur.
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The strange anthropological lesson of social media is that human beings, if given a choice, often prefer to socialize alone.
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Every time I touch the ball, I think I'm going to go all the way. I think I'm going to score a touchdown. I'm the runner I am because I think that I'm going to go all the way every single time I touch the ball.
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If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.
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That is the effect of my sculptures in the public domain: people are making contact with each other again.
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As an actor, I think you should always disappear a little. I act in order to lose myself.
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Everybody has busy lives, but you can tell people, 'Go outside and look at the night sky. We've been able to demonstrate that every star you see probably has a planet around it.'
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All rationalism tends to minimalise the value and the importance of life and to decrease the sum total of human happiness.
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I think in a lot of ways unconditional love is a myth. My mom's the only reason I know it's a real thing.
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If you just do 50 to 60 shows a year, it's not that much time away from home.
