Alan King Quotes
Larry David finds a way to make jokes about the Holocaust. It would never have occurred to me. And it was funny.
Quotes to Explore
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When I find the right information, the Web is a blessing; when I don't, it's a distraction.
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I would love to explore film seeing as I have prominently been on television. It would be nice to change it up and focus on film a little bit.
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Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of Hollywood, and I returned to England deeply moved and emotionally worn out.
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The really clever people now want to be lawyers or journalists.
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Conor McGregor is a tough competitor. He proved throughout the years in the UFC that he can fight standing up.
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I like to have something to base a role on.
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I believe that misconceptions about oneself that one does not correct where possible act as a bad magic.
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We hear of the wealth of nations, of the powers of production, of the demand and supply of markets, and we forget that these words mean no more, if they mean any thing, then the happiness, and the labor, and the necessities of men.
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If God came down here with the box that had the reason for living in it, I'd like to find just 2 words: The Music. That would be neat.
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I'm definitely inspired by old hip-hop.
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The world is no longer against us.
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The longer people watch Netflix and the longer they stay members - they're the criteria of success for us.
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My show is my statement. What I have to say is on the screen. My life is my own. I don't want to talk about my private self. Why should I?
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I do seem to have a lot of family secrets in my novels. I guess I'm one of those writers who is often writing about the same sort of themes, but taking different angles on them.
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Tom DeLay may or may not have broken campaign finance laws, but he did his best to look like he was breaking them.
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'Are 'Friends' Electric?' was two songs: the verse part and the talking part. Two different songs I couldn't finish. One day I was playing the main verse part of 'Are 'Friends' Electric?' and after a few minutes I got frustrated, as normal, then started to play the other song, and realized they went together.
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We never have business meals at El Bulli. If it's about business, you're probably not paying much attention to the food.
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If you do something, expect consequences.
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I'm not a good storyteller - I much prefer to be with people who are chatty, to have the luxury of listening.
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People often can't separate, or can't understand, that to be funny is to be serious; it's a way of pulling people in and not scaring them off. I think a lot of the funny stuff, underneath it, there's a deep anxiety going on.
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I think it actually started in my late thirties. I started changing psychologically, and it was difficult to translate that into my writing.
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Writing with you is the only thing that keeps me alive.
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Larry David finds a way to make jokes about the Holocaust. It would never have occurred to me. And it was funny.
