Alan King Quotes
Comedy is a reflection. We create nothing. We set no styles, no standards. We're reflections. It's a distorted mirror in the fun house. We watch society. As society behaves, then we have the ability to make fun of it.
Quotes to Explore
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The Afghans themselves say that if you put two Afghans in a room, you get three factions.
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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
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I'm happy to fight anybody.
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My friends in the TV news business are in a state of despair about Donald Trump, even as their bosses in the boardroom are giddy over what he's doing for their once sagging ratings.
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I will get my education - if it is in home, school, or anyplace.
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If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that's a wonderful thing.
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A Lawyer will do anything to win a case, sometimes he will even tell the truth.
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Hungary is, in a word, in a state of WAR against the Hapsburg dynasty, a war of legitimate defence, by which alone it can ever regain independence and freedom.
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One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas.
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Unlike fashion, art isn't applied. It doesn't have to serve anybody. It doesn't have to be there for any other reason than to give an impression of what the world is about.
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You've got the federal government in every part of our lives, doing things wrong.
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'Heroine' is about a declining and imbalanced superstar - a very brave and bold role. I wanted to test whether I could carry a role like this. I have given 200 per cent to this role. She's a very complex character, very aggressive, manipulative and bold, yet she's very fragile.
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I am always worried that over-planning and outlining will kill the magic of writing; most of the world I created in 'California' occurred via good old sexy sentence-making.
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My inherent belief is that motherhood is pious, and I am humbled by it.
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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, he who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.
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I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.
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Women are builders of civil society. We are the ones who are going to build it. You know why? We have no choice. Either you shut up, and you are humiliated, or you do what I'm doing. You scream.
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Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I don't know what that will be yet, but there will be one.
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It's a repressive society where you can't be horrible, I'm not horrible, they made me horrible, I'm just honest.
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The longing we have to communicate cleanly and directly with people is always obstructed by qualifications and often with concern about how our messages will be received.
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Nobody wants to see sketch comedy that's the same sketch they've seen time and time again, or that's just a rehash of that thing.
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Human life is thus only an endless illusion. Men deceive and flatter each other. No one speaks of us in our presence as he does when we are gone. Society is based on mutual hypocrisy.
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No state on earth can afford to allow several authorities to co-exist next to one another.
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Comedy is a reflection. We create nothing. We set no styles, no standards. We're reflections. It's a distorted mirror in the fun house. We watch society. As society behaves, then we have the ability to make fun of it.
