Alan Moore Quotes
As quoted in ''HEY, YOU CAN JUST MAKE STUFF UP.' Differences between magic and art: None', by Peter Bebergal, The Believer, (2013).
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Nothing improves your confidence and brings a team together more than winning a cup.
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Our number one priority is to spend every peso possible to include those who are currently excluded.
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Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.
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I felt like I had two fathers. I had my real father and the father in my head.
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Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.
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I got through college.
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The physics of water is central to cooking, because food is mostly water. All steak that you cook is actually boiled on the inside.
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If I have to draw attention away from some hormone-induced acne on my chin, I put on a lot of mascara.
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I always look for the weirdest note to land on. I felt that that was the least I could do for the great musical traditions which I've spawned.
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Some of the most amazing people I've met in life are cops.
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A lot of actors and actresses pull from past experiences.
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So I was in America and I thought I'll stick around while I'm here and just see what happens. The next film I did was High Art, so I guess it started with a sort of vague idea but really just a fantasy.
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I love Johnny Cash, and I respect Johnny Cash. He's the biggest. He's like an Elvis in this business, but no, he's never been the rebel.
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I think if a girl is easy to talk to then that's the first thing I look for. It's great when you meet a girl and three hours later you're like, 'Oh my gosh, we've been talking for three hours, what happened to the time?'
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Playing live, you can't survive, certainly not in England. We used to work daytime jobs and play gigs at night. It was very exhausting.
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'The Fight Club' DVD is great. I like anything that has really good extras because as an actor, it's really great to see the behind-the-scenes stuff and see how different actors approach their particular project.
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That's just a symbol of how you should deal with a breakup. You can cry for a little bit, eat some ice cream, but I think, after that, it's like, get up, listen to some powerful music and do something that makes you happy, be productive.
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People will see me at Chelsea the way I am and judge me the way they want to.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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Game theorists analyze negotiations as if they were split-a-pie games involving selfish players.
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I'm an untrained musician. Untrained musicians don't really have any music theory, they don't have a lot of rules. We break the rules, but it's mostly because we don't know what the rules are. It's easy for us to go to certain places, so I'm not surprised that a lot of people were amused by my songwriting style.
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The praise of free men is worth having, for it is the only praise which is free from either servility or condescension.
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As quoted in ''HEY, YOU CAN JUST MAKE STUFF UP.' Differences between magic and art: None', by Peter Bebergal, The Believer, (2013).
