Alan Tudyk Quotes
When 'Firefly' was canceled, we had just a few other places to shop it to - to take it over... And all of them had reasons why they couldn't do it that time.
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I paint for the sheer joy of painting. I have never sold any of my paintings. I'd rather give them to people for free.
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My mother has been the greatest influence on my life, morally. When I get right down to it, my mother and father are two people I can count on no matter what.
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When we have a good balance between thinking and feeling... our actions and lives are always the richer for it.
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Among my generation, there was a purist position that any contact with electoral politics was an unforgiveable compromise.
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Different directors have different things, so when I left Mike Leigh, as it were, and I went into other projects after 'All or Nothing,' it took some getting used to - what do you mean there's a script?!?' That kind of thing.
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I make money using my brains and lose money listening to my heart. But in the long run my books balance pretty well.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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Over the years, God and St. Therese have kept me going no matter how bad things were.
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Wouldn't it be grand if we thought that theater could have that impact on the political life of a country?
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I feel like I just have such the blood and bones of a New Yorker that I can almost imagine better, like, giving up the fight and not being able to afford the city and going out West, keeping a small place here, and then when I'm like 80, coming back here, living on the park and going to the theater.
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A modern health and social care system has to be completely focussed on the needs of its users.
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It is true that integrity alone won't make you a leader, but without integrity you will never be one.
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I have been in more classrooms than any legislator will ever walk into in their lives, and I see wonderful, caring, dedicated teaching out there.
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I would prefer to have a more appealing job. If I could still change careers, I would prefer it. This unfortunate art is made for long beards and ugly faces rather than for a relatively well-endowed woman.
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Before 2000, we were unable to design a single car; all the cars were designed in Japan, Europe or somewhere else. We were just converting.
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Is it the right thing to burn Qurans? Legally? Can pastor burn Quran tomorrow? People accept legally it is right. But is it the right thing to do? No.
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That's the way it is with poetry: When it is incomprehensible it seems profound, and when you understand it, it is only ridiculous.
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If a big person invests time in reading, kids learn reading is important, the child is important, words are important, stories are important.
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I don't like to say bad things about paleontologists, but they're not very good scientists. They're more like stamp collectors.
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I loved gymnastics. I was eager to compete. I was hungry to go out there and be the best in the world, and I had that determination.
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I like being a woman and having a womanly body.
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There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now.
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If you want anything done well, do it yourself. This is why most people laugh at their own jokes.
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When 'Firefly' was canceled, we had just a few other places to shop it to - to take it over... And all of them had reasons why they couldn't do it that time.
