Alan King Quotes
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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Actually, I didn't like Dartmouth very much, but the whole theater scene I really liked.
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I realised that you couldn't use the tools of yesterday to communicate today's world. Basically, that was the big light that went on in my head.
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I've fought with everyone . And now I have become so headstrong that I only do what I want.
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Acting is doing. It's not speaking; it's behavior. It's something happening, even if you're only listening.
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I have written a lot about the fine arts, but I'd never written about the literary arts, and so on some level Dante really, you know, spoke to me, as new ground but also familiar ground.
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I was a bit odd. I read books and wanted to draw and go to art school.
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They didn't accept me theory - not a theory, but just a thought I had about this character. I noticed that this man only exists when the boy comes into the grocery.
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German writers in the late 18th century were the first to uphold a prickly, literary nationalism, in reaction to the then dominance and prestige of French literature.
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A human society obeys the dictates of reason and is guided and governed by a respect for justice.
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The difference between Tinted Windows and Hanson shows is a lot of just repertoire. Hanson has been a band for years - we have a lot of songs to pull from and it's a different dynamic - a common kind of thread. With Tinted Windows - it's kind of a little like 'hey, we're this new band.'
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To discover the true principles of Morality, men have no need of theology, of revelation, or of gods: They have need only of common sense.
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With 'Free Agent Nation,' I was figuring out how to write a book along with writing the book. Now I think I've kind of, sort of figured out how to write a book a little bit better. But the process remains not that different - slow; laborious; tiny, incremental progress each day, punctuated by feelings of despair and self-loathing.
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All of us grow.
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I have a different relationship with Chucky because he's been on top of my bookshelf in the corner of my living room for my entire life. He was a great tool for scaring friends, and when I see him in different theme parks I've been to, or in commercials, my heart swells a little bit, and I'm like, 'Aww! It's my Chucky!'
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I totally respond to complex characters, and I'm not interested in anything too simple.
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To win the Championship in the first year will be hard. We need time to become competitive and win races.
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There's something unnatural about losing a sibling when they're young.
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I just know keeping track of what I'm doing and where I'm going is important to me.
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The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set some limit on infinite error.
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Be careful when you fight the monsters, lest you become one.
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Since women are better at producing babies, presumably Nature has given men some talent to compensate. But for the moment I can’t think of it.
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I reserve my greatest admiration for those who continue to struggle to embrace the whole impossible tangle of snakes that is our society; those who fight to identify and strengthen human connections, and defeat polarizing forces that strain to drive us apart.
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Marriage is nature's way of keeping us from fighting with strangers.
