Allen Klein Quotes
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My parents have been with me every step of the way.
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I don't really see myself as a celebrity, but more as a sort of mitre.
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My wife, Caroline Spector, and I pitched some comic ideas to various publishers back in the '80s, but nothing ever came of it.
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Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary.
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I redefined how I ate and exercised and have continued to keep that up because it feels great.
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If you look at the very best presidents, the most effective presidents, they were always decent salespeople. Ronald Reagan was an extremely effective salesman, very tuned to the people he was selling to, very clear in what he was selling, very resilient and buoyant.
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I have the potential to be very strong and powerful, sometimes angry, sometimes passionate. I also can be shy and withhold that because I am afraid. I don't want to freak anybody out with my passion... So I struggle with that all the time.
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I think being called a cat lady is a compliment. It means you have adopted a tiny little maniac into your life.
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I've come to feel that if I can't make something happen in under an hour and a half, it's not going to happen in a compelling way in a three-hour play.
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And if you don't have your ears open, you're not going to be able to figure out what you should be doing.
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It is my passion to direct movies.
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Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying.
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I met Powel Crosley at an All-Star Game in 1935. He was familiar, of course, with our winning record at Rochester. We seemed to hit it off immediately, and the following year, when he was looking for a successor to Larry MacPhail, he thought of me.
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One of the troubles with food is that people take themselves too seriously. This is why I'm very happy for people to change my recipes, alter them, replace one ingredient for another.
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I don't think I could have a genuine relationship with someone who didn't love to travel and appreciate new foods. Traveling is a big part of my life, and I want to share that with the people close to me.
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I like my hands. They do most of the talking.
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Sometimes some of these little side excursions are useful and I manage to fit them in the book somewhere.
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We live in an image society. Speeches are not what anybody cares about; what they care about is the picture.
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You should never take military intervention off the table. When you do so, you give an out to a rogue nation or rogue actors.
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Sometimes people will approach me on the street and ask me very personal questions about my dating life. Fans talk to me like they know me, and it's like, 'You don't know me. You know my character, but you really don't know me.'
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I've said I'll stand for a full second term, but I think after that it will be time for new leadership. Terms are like Shredded Wheat - two are wonderful but three might just be too many.
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The usefulness of any meeting is inversely proportional to the size of the group.
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Advertisers also know that humor can help bond us to their product.
