Allison Tolman Quotes
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Persistent inequality costs the U.S. hundreds of billions of dollars a year, undermining our global competitiveness, our democracy, and our ideals as a nation.
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If I were to continue to work in an established mode, it stands to reason the work would be limited by this - that it would never surpass the prior work in quality.
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I no longer run barefoot.
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I can swear like a fishwife.
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In fact, you couldn't give me anything to make me go back to being a teenager. Never. No, I hated it.
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You have to tease your family. You tease the ones that you're closest to.
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British women can be slightly more reserved; Scottish are a little more crazy and fun, and American are more forthright, which I really enjoy.
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If you want to change a country, you're going to be bumped every now and then.
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Hot water is my native element. I was in it as a baby, and I have never seemed to get out of it ever since.
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I am a man who is noble. I have a good heart, but at the same time, I'm a little malicioso. There's no way of hiding that side.
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I've never progressed very far from my days as a smart aleck in middle school.
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Growing up in eastern Turkey, I was not really involved with the family business - sheep and cow farming, yogurt and cheese making. But I think I learned from my father the unspoken business language or instincts that go back thousands of years.
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Everyone wants me to be this political person... I'm not Malcolm X.
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My so-called bad dress-sense phase happened when I was confused - I think I was taking advice all too often, without listening to my inner voice. Add to the fact that I was a little overweight; so every wrong 'outfit' got compounded all that much.
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Turn up the lights. I don't want to go home in the dark.
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I prefer clean silhouettes that are almost utilitarian, but I'm not afraid to take risks on the red carpet, either.
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In bourgeois society capital is independent and has individuality, while the living person is dependent and has no individuality.
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When you start falling for somebody and you can't stop thinking about when you're going to see them again, I love that. Women are beautiful. They deserve to be cherished and respected.
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I'm a teller of stories. I put bloody skins on my back and dance around the fire, and I say what the hunt was like. It's not erudite; it's not intellectual. I sail, run dogs, ride horses, play professional poker, and tell stories about the stuff I've been through. And I'm still a romantic; I still want Bambi to make it out of the fire.
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I read contrived memoirs by presidential candidates. For every 'Dreams From My Father' - Barack Obama's honest, literary portrayal of his biracial upbringing - there were a dozen cautious, formulaic vanity projects by politicians.
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I'm having more fun working on 'Eerie, Indiana' because I have the leading role, and this is more of a lighter type of show.
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If people respect us as artists, they know we'll give them something different every time; they know we're pushing ourselves.
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I wouldn't say no to being in a film with Jude Law. I love English actors.
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In theater, we know a scheduled season months in advance.
