Allison Pearson Quotes
I'm interested in the things that might seem slight or amusing but which I feel have a kind of profundity.
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I'm very happy in my life, but I do feel that music has a power to transport you to places or to beautiful moments in your past.
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Bill Gallagher's new version of 'The Prisoner' is an enthralling commentary on modern culture. It is witty, intelligent and disturbing. I am very excited to be involved.
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In terms of the pilot, you have to introduce a lot of characters in a very short period of time, and you have to paint with slightly broad brush strokes because you just need to give an audience an idea of who these people might be.
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You're always going to have people that are naysayers, that don't believe in your talent, that don't believe that you have any kind of longevity.
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Humorous writing is often thought of as substandard in comparison to work with a more dramatic or tragic intent. I don't know what to say to this except that I disagree wholeheartedly.
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When the sacredness of one's word is matched in the attributes of his character throughout, all that constitutes a man, then we find that there is something in a man's life greater than his occupation or his achievements; grander than acquisition or wealth; higher than genius; more enduring than fame.
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I decided to write 'True Refuge' during a major dive in my own health. Diagnosed with a genetic disease that affected my mobility, I faced tremendous fear and grief about losing the fitness and physical freedom I loved.
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I just like doing comedies, and think that my timing and love for the genre set me apart from other young women who look like me.
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Ember Moon is extremely talented, and Daria, from Tough Enough, she's very unique and cool. The fans are going to get behind her. As for Asuka, she is phenomenal.
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Psychoanalysts believe that the only 'normal' people are those who cause no trouble either to themselves or anyone else.
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The European Union and its member states continue and will continue, as the nuclear deal is implemented, to have open channels with Iran.
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Never must the existence or the essence of man as a whole be made a stake in the hazards of action.
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I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.
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I know the Hall of Fame is the more sought-after thing. But I'm getting a bigger charge out of my uniform number being put away. Everything I worked hard for and wished for came true.
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People are trying to grab every part of you, so it's really hard to focus.
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The thinking of art seems final when The thinking of god is smoky dew.
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The debates of that great assembly are frequently vague and perplexed, seeming to be dragged rather than to march, to the intended goal. Something of this sort must, I think, always happen in public democratic assemblies.
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The controlling Intelligence understands its own nature, and what it does, and whereon it works.
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I went on an audition once for a show, and the feedback was to play an angry teen. My agent convinced me to try out. I was really bitter for a while, because it sucks when you don't get good scripts after working on good quality.
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I learned that you shouldn't take your most esoteric concept and fit it into the largest space with the highest fixed costs. It puts too much pressure on the restaurant to hit grand slams every day when there just aren't enough people who want to watch that sport.
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I wanted to hold onto and exploit the power of narrative. This is not only a book about a great storyteller, but there have to be stories about the storyteller.
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If one introduces the concept of energy of an earthquake then that is a theoretically derived quantity.
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My abortion was so long ago I didn't think I needed help. I hoped God had forgiven me but I hadn't realized I didn't forgive myself. After attending this safe, nurturing group I know that I am forgiven and set free.
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I'm interested in the things that might seem slight or amusing but which I feel have a kind of profundity.
