Alfie Allen Quotes
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Kids are always going to be around people who break world records and that. It's how you deal with that. I never let it get in the way of my race, but I am always more than happy after the race to sign autographs and have photos.
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I've always loved to help people, young people in particular.
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I quite like the drama of an encore. I think an encore is for those artists who are inclined to do dramatic gestures, and I certainly would say I am inclined towards them.
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Clinton has more important things to worry about. He not only risks being destroyed historically, like Afghanistan's Buddha statues; he also could end up going to jail.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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There's nothing that will change someone's moral outlook quicker than cash in large sums.
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I hear odd tracks from my albums every now and again on the radio, or maybe a friend plays me something.
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You can say whatever you want about me, I'm not really bothered. But when it starts to upset people I care about or I hear about it from my mum, then that's a problem.
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You need tremendous spirituality to stop yourself falling into the abyss.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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I'll tell you, I never thought I'd ever be going into law, and certainly not the same kind of law as my dad.
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You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off.
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We've got a dictatorial president and a Justice Department that does not want Congress involved. Your guy's acting like he's king. His dad was at a 90 percent approval rating and he lost! And the same thing can happen to him!
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The books I love most are the ones that combine some sort of gripping story with really beautiful or stylish writing. Some of my favorites are 'The Road' by Cormac McCarthy, 'The Virgin Suicides' by Jeffrey Eugenides, 'The Interpreter of Maladies' by Jhumpa Lahiri, and 'Blindness' by Jose Saramago.
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Early in my investment-banking career, I realized I was on a path that others had set out for me.
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I am not maternal at all. I don't have any kids.
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I have the rare privilege of talking to my dad every night at 10 p.m. and hearing about what he did that day.
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I like doing my own stunts.
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My first published work was when I was 19, in 'Playgirl.' It was an odd experience but exciting.
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I rarely read or buy a book because of a review.
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If someone is a straight jazzhead, or a straight metalhead, or straight classical, they have a very narrow range of what they allow into their lives. But the people who listen to what we put out into the world have to be open-minded. Because we're so pluralist.
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If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure.
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Every technology, including the printing press, comes at some price.
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Richard Madden, I loved to work alongside him; he's a very funny man.
