Allison Tolman Quotes
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A simple life is good with me. I don't need a whole lot. For me, a T-shirt, a pair of shorts, barefoot on a beach and I'm happy.
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The ideas keep going, you have the material, you cut because there's a limit to the space allowed to you. And the space is limited because of some other constraints that have to do with money or printing or whatever.
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When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
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Whenever a film allows you to think and feel and take it beyond the moment, I think it's achieved something. And 'Funny Games' does that.
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I've never had to compromise myself for a job, ever.
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I love lamb shank. It's my favorite thing. You don't have it in America. It's a younger meat - it just falls off the bone - it's kind of like a roast. I really like blackened cod too.
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Only Arab Israel, the land of Israel, is our true homeland.
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I love physical kinds of comedy and getting down and dirty and doing stunts. When I was growing up, I was always getting into fights with guys and usually punching out boys my age because I was a lot bigger and tougher. So I'm naturally accustomed to putting myself into the headspace of a girl who can take care of herself.
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I'm rooting for Saudi Arabia getting a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council.
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Inspiration is God making contact with itself.
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I grew up in New York.
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I do listen to Abba. And a lot of '80s and '90s pop music.
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I started writing regularly for 'The Atlantic' roughly around the time that Barack Obama got inaugurated.
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My goal is always the same: to keep the other player from ever scoring a point. That doesn't always happen, but that's what I try for.
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You've gotta share what's going on in your mind.
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I have found that my fan base is a bit above average when compared to the common horror fan.
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Experience has shown me that standing by oneself reading from one's book isn't especially compelling - unless you're David Sedaris.
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The truth is, sex doesn't mean that much to me now.
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Nothing truly bad happens. There's always good and bad in any changes.
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As a community organizer who holds a degree in history, I understand the fascination with history. However, there is a tendency for many of us to get engrossed in the recounting of our history, which often amounts to purely intellectual activity without material action.
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Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
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I'm the kind of person where I look to myself a lot on how I can get better. What little, nuanced differences can I make?
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In the course of evolution, it constantly happens that, independently of each other, two different forms of life take similar, parallel paths in adapting themselves to the same external circumstances.
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I've always had a day job and never been just acting.
