Alfie Allen Quotes
My advice to any teenager would be don't try too hard - just get on with it. That's what I did. Have fun; enjoy life.
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We went from journalism, in newspapers that gets heavily edited, to blogs, where you can express your opinions, to tweeting, where you can say anything, and it gets repeated and becomes fact when it isn't. It's something the entire world is going to have to come to grips with.
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I'll always be back to the stage. I have no doubt that the stage will always call me back. There will always be a character that no one else can play, and I'll be back to play it.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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If the white man gives you anything - just remember when he gets ready he will take it right back. We have to take for ourselves.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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And for the few that only lend their ear, That few is all the world.
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You can't always be in awe of someone's talent, living with them.
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Whether addressing immediate crises or building long-term foundations of peace, the United Nations will remain committed to solutions that advance the global good.
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I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.
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Being married to a psychologist, I realize that I learn more from imperfections.
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There's definitely something transformative about clothes.
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So it's joyful to me, in my 71st year, to be able to be in a play that is absolutely right for my age and my experience, and that is a popular success. What more could you ask as an actor?
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When you're in the music business, everything is very personal, because you are invested in everything; there's a very deep, personal attachment to your music.
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I'm sure it is, I'm not for any kind of war, we've been engaged in several wars since the second world war and we lost in Korea, we lost in Vietnam, they are political wars, they have nothing to do with any real threat, nor does this one.
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For better or worse, a lot of people who build things don't want to part ways. They don't have the short exit plan that a lot of the investors have.
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Women who give up their children for adoption are years and years later talking about how painful it was, much more than women who have abortions.
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I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.
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Green is one of my favorite colors - emerald green.
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It's not that we poor men are so powerful to be able to banish the devil. It's that God gives us the power.
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I've got a book coming out soon so I just must get some weight off.
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Do not base your life on the judgments of others; first, because they are as likely to be mistaken as you are, and further, because you cannot know that they are telling you their true thoughts.
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Unless and until you inspire the people, you will not get results. Imposition will never give you the results. Inspiration will always give you the results.
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It is hard for us to admit we have a sin nature because we live in this system of checks and balances. If we get caught, we will be punished. But that doesn't make us good people; it only makes us subdued. Just think about the Congress and Senate and even the president. The genius of the American system is not freedom; the genius of the American system is checks and balances. Nobody gets all the power. Everybody is watching everybody else. It is as if the founding fathers knew, intrinsically, that the soul of man, unwatched, is perverse.
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My advice to any teenager would be don't try too hard - just get on with it. That's what I did. Have fun; enjoy life.
