Allen Tate Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I get up, go and get a coffee, and go do the crossword - I'm loyal to one particular paper, the 'Guardian' - and that's my idea of a perfect morning.
-
'Dangerous' is an album that I was very dedicated to. I wanted every song to be a hit.
-
The thing that makes the great players great, and that separates players from different players is, when you going out there whether being prepared or not, you have to react. And if you're thinking, you're already a step behind.
-
The way you personally communicate is 90 per cent of how you will be evaluated by any future employer.
-
Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her frailty.
-
My dream date is a tall, dark, handsome, blue eyed man with a bubble butt who will whisk me away to Paris in a hot air balloon to wine me, dine me and.
-
Invention is not enough. Tesla invented the electric power we use, but he struggled to get it out to people. You have to combine both things: invention and innovation focus, plus the company that can commercialize things and get them to people.
-
My dad's a Jew, and my mom's a WASP, so that should pretty much say it all. It was a comically dysfunctional family.
-
All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.
-
I'm a sponge for historical images of black people and black history on film.
-
I got done writing Ports of Call and suddenly realized I have far too much material for the book.
-
Real parent engagement means establishing meaningful ways for parents to be partners in their children's public education from the beginning - not just when a school is failing. The goal should be to never let a school get to that point.
-
At first, I was just trying to sound like DOOM and Eminem, and then I dug out my own voice, I guess.
-
I don't know what I was expecting or what I was dreaming about the xx accomplishing.
-
Nobody in my family was musical. I had no idea you could be a songwriter and make a living at it. It was all discovery. It was all just thrown at me.
-
Bears are very nice, as long as you are nice to them.
-
I know some people say I can be funny. But there is always a deeper meaning to what I say. I am a socialist at heart and have the interests of the poor in mind. When people see how I manage to work my way out of tough situations, it gives them hope in their own life.
-
I'm getting rid of this idea that you want people to like you. I'm making decisions on what feels right to me. To act in a more carnal way. That's my challenge.
-
My style is an extension of acting and an outcome of some serious lessons I picked up learning when I did theatre in my early days.
-
When I'm later in the competition, I get antsy. I'm seeing everybody else go and achieve things. It's like I'm just twiddling my thumbs.
-
I'd describe myself as a sexual libertarian - but I'm not a libertine. "To each his own" is my motto.
-
Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.
-
Capitalism is all about somebody coming and trying to take the castle. Now what you need is .... you need a castle that has some durable competitive advantage - some castle that has a moat around it.
-
All the sea-gods are dead. You, Venus, come home To your salt maidenhead...
