Allison Anders Quotes
Unless it's something very clever like 'Memento,' most independent films have a very tough life out there.
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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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Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.
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Privacy is not explicitly spelled out in the Constitution as freedom of speech is in the First Amendment.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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I do not believe any president can bind a successor president to give up his fundamental role as protector of the country.
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After the atomic bombs were dropped, the war ended and we went into Tokyo Bay with the rest of the fleet, the Missouri and the rest of them, while they signed the terms of surrender that ended the war.
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Challenges give me a kick. The day I stop getting challenges, I would quit.
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When governments become large, voters cannot exercise close oversight, otherwise known as political power.
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Happiness is only attained by the free will agreeing in its freedom to accord with the will of God.
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I can't deal with someone flashy. That's so not me.
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A system of education is not one thing, nor does it have a single definite object, nor is it a mere matter of schools. Education is that whole system of human training within and without the school house walls, which molds and develops men.
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If there is one thing that makes me unique, it's that I riff a lot.
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While I was serving in the Florida Senate, American soldiers were being killed in Iraq, a war we should have never started, and often by Iranian proxies and their improvised explosive devices.
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I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
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Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.
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In the Senate, you can become one of the nation's leading voices on the issues.
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Because Islam in its original form was tough and hard, not weak and pliable.
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After the Soviet Union collapsed, people thought I wasn't funny anymore.
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I have respect for what other people believe. What I believe in my own life is that it's a search for how I can do things better, whether it's being a better man or a better father or finding ways for myself to improve.
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Scientists are very afraid of being proven wrong.
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The more you discipline yourself to use your time well, the happier you will feel and the better will be the quality of your life in every area.
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Is life less thrilling if your neighbors are rational, if they don’t bomb your power stations whenever they feel you need to be admonished? Is it less rousing if they don’t rattle your windows and nerves with indiscriminate sonic booms just because they can?
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Unless it's something very clever like 'Memento,' most independent films have a very tough life out there.
