Alan Young Quotes
I said ... on Tuesday we are not saying anything on or off the record. That remains the position.
Quotes to Explore
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On the whole, it is the rights and freedoms of all citizens that are crucial in Saudi Arabia and from those the rights of women will emanate.
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Those who survived the San Francisco earthquake said, 'Thank God, I'm still alive.' But, of course, those who died, their lives will never be the same again.
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The old bastions of the post-communist regime collapsed before my very eyes. The monsters who had kept Ukraine in a criminal state left the stage.
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The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it.
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You have to try things you're really afraid of, even if you pee yourself a little bit.
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It is not my duty to spend my money in my country, but it is what I want to do. There is nowhere else I would like to invest.
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Elves are like trees, grounded and focused from the trunk down but graceful and agile on top.
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I usually eat in my friend Tom Corcoran's place - the Siam Thai in Monkstown. I go there for a very large plate of beef in red wine sauce.
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When we think of Gemini.com, it will be like a Nasdaq for bitcoin.
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I had a moment in the Library of Congress among the presidential papers. I opened a folder, and there was an envelope in it. The front of the envelope was facing the table, so I didn't know what was in it. I opened it and out spilled all this hair. I turned the envelop over and it says, 'Clipped from President Garfield's head on his deathbed.'
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Our sages have taught us to learn one thing; `As in the Self, so in the Universe.' It is not possible to scan the universe as it is to scan the self. Know the self and you know the universe.
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Men standing in opposite hemispheres will converse and deride each other and embrace each other, and understand each other's language.
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Since music is so important to me, I don't need to put in any extra effort to do this; it just flows for me. It's as simple as drinking water and having food, so definitely, music is one of the main purposes of my life.
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I've been accused many times of not talking very much, but I guess I don't believe in talking things to death. You can talk too much on most anything and it stops being productive. There is a time for action. Eventually you have to pull the trigger.
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We are a complex species to observe.
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My schools were quite diverse - those who serve their country come from every race and religion - and so the military schools I attended were a wonderful melting pot.
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When employees join executives in truly owning the responsibility for business success, an exciting new sense of teamwork takes hold.
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When 'Catch Me If You Can' was published back in 1980, I never dreamed that it would become a bestseller, much less a major motion picture and now a big Broadway musical. What's amazing about the book is that it has never gone out of print.
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Think of one person who you are tempted for any reason to withhold love from, and pray for their happiness. In that moment your pain will stop.
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I'm not performing now. What I do now is listen to music all day long. Listening is very nourishing to me. I might go back to perform, I might make another record. I've got a record half finished.
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The record business has always mystified me. Sometimes there are reasons why things sell or don't sell that can't be understood by mere mortals.
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I never punched in anything when I recorded Imaginaryland. Where the title came from is a whole other story.
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You can't speak Music with notes alone, but you can speak Music without notes at all!
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I said ... on Tuesday we are not saying anything on or off the record. That remains the position.
