Albert Oehlen Quotes
I'm not a big theory person. So when I get asked questions that demand serious statements, I just make it up.
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I talk every day about doing the right thing.
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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My mom is just so good with fashion! She always tells me what looks good, what doesn't look good, and she gives me great advice.
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We're at maybe 1% of what is possible. Despite the faster change, we're still moving slow relative to the opportunities we have. I think a lot of that is because of the negativity... Every story I read is Google vs someone else. That's boring. We should be focusing on building the things that don't exist.
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I think you have to do certain things in the pilot to get your network's attention - to break through... So maybe you push a little further in the first show.
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People deal with models like they are children. They think they can pull one over on you. It's actually funny. I'm always like, I'm about to pull something on you, and you're so focused on thinking I'm dumb, you're not even going to know.
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The characteristic feature of modernity is criticism: what is new is set over and against what is old, and it is this constant contrast that constitutes the continuity of tradition.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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It's a blessing to have fans acknowledging your craft, period.
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I have been working since I was 11 on everything including period dramas.
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Never above you. Never below you. Always beside you.
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A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess.
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I'm a really bad liar.
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If I do a song where I'm angry, when it's time to perform it live I'm not mad, I'm happy. I'm at a concert. But I have to somehow drum up that rage. That's acting.
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My daughter, Lily Caitlin, means the most to me in the world.
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As a teenager, I had big breasts for my age, and my friends cracked on me a lot.
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For a writer, published works are like fallen flowers, but the expected new work is like a calyx waiting to blossom.
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The best comedy is where you attack the strong, not the weak.
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Male writers don't want to be judged in the room. They want to be able to scarf an entire bag of potato chips while cracking fart jokes and making lewd comments without fear of feminine disapproval. But we're your co-workers, not your wives.
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Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration.
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You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.
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I am not as these are, the poet saithIn youth's pride, and the painter, among menAt bay, where never pencil comes nor pem
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I've never been one to want to be the center of attention and be put up on stages every night. That's just not really my personality. I'm comfortable with it now, but my real passion is being creative.
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I'm not a big theory person. So when I get asked questions that demand serious statements, I just make it up.
