Alan King Quotes
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My view is that life is too short. I'm not being melodramatic or anything, but when your mother dies in your arms - just you and her, and it's one o'clock in the morning, and you're waiting for her to exhale - you just think, life's too bloody short to argue about the little things.
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I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.
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I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.
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Playing Juliet in 'Heavenly Creatures' changed my life, and the role of Clementine in' Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' opened many new doors creatively.
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Actually, my mom doesn't let me touch any of my money out of my bank. She says she is going to keep it there until I am 18, and I don't think anyone can touch that. No money has been taken out of there.
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The viewer must bring their own view to a photograph.
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A good amount of the guys wanted to date me. Even older guys looking at me. It took some getting used to.
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I was advised by an American agent when I was about 19 to change my surname.
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There is no buzz like performing for a live audience.
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Some say that Jesus is the rock, or the anchor. I say that your friends and family are your anchor. And you can really hold their hands, not just sing about it. No disrespect to George Jones.
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I was eight when I left Sarajevo, so I didn't really know very much about my culture and it was so important for me to go back to my roots and meet the people.
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If you want to see the real Pablo Escobar, go see a documentary.
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In high school I had B's and C's, not too many A's, but I must have done well on that medical school test, and I must have had some charisma in the interview, so I ended up in medicine. Being a general practitioner was all I aspired to.
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I do know some missed tackles usually that comes down to leverage, and I know those are correctable and fixable.
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People with advantages are loath to believe that they just happen to be people with advantages.
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Even in the tough times, He's still a good God.
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You're going to a bunch of auditions, and most of the time you're just getting denied, but just staying in there and keeping my head and being determined helped. Growing is what's challenging; you have to constantly practice your craft.
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The battle of Austerlitz is the grandest of all I have fought.
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Horror, for me, is not defined by the thing that provokes one's fear, but the human being who has contact with it.
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.It is the great work of nature to transmute sunlight into life. So it is the great end of Christian living to transmute the light of truth into the fruits of holy living.
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I've always been one of those folks who think competition is actually a good thing. And if we're going to preach it as a party, we need to practice it.
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The longer you practice nonviolence and the meditative qualities of it that you will need, the more likely you are to do something intelligent in any situation.
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When you talk you are only repeating something you already know. But, if you listen you may learn something new.
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I made it, Ma - Carnegie Hall. And I didn't have to practice.
