Allison Tolman Quotes
I've met a lot of really friendly people who are incredibly happy for me, which is really flattering and humbling.
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The future is much like the present, only longer.
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The point is to change one's life. The point is not to give some vent to the emotions that have been destroying one; the point is so to act that one can master them now.
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You know Hollywood is a weird and wonderful place, I didn't know I Dream of Jeanie had been cancelled after 5 years until I went back to go on the lot to pick up some clothes and things I had in my dressing room.
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Even though I am the daughter of a poet, and my stepmother is also a poet, growing up, I didn't think I could understand poetry; I didn't think that it had any relevance to my life, the feelings that I endured on a day-to-day basis, until I was introduced to the right poem.
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Every year on your birthday, you get a chance to start new.
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I had one girl tell me last night that I'm the greatest thing ever, that she wants to aspire to be me. Just stuff like, 'You're my idol. I love you.' It's awesome. It's what it's all about.
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Great amount of scientific research is there to show that health is better because transcendental meditation deals with consciousness, and consciousness is the basic value of all the physical expressions. The entire creation is the expression of consciousness.
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When you are a successful business person, you are only as good as your team. No one can do every deal alone.
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You can't create a monster, then whine when it stomps on a few buildings.
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Most faults are not in our Constitution, but in ourselves.
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The way I perceive an album to sound and the way I put out mixtapes are two different energies. There's a different focus; there's a different sound.
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We need to move past blame and make sure we are delivering care to our veterans.
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We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.
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I think that we, as a civilization, need to sit down and figure out how to solve political problems over a table, not over a battlefield.
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I'm an Indian-origin painter. I will remain so to my last breath.
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Being Jewish is a big part of my artistic sensibility and my humor... I think it gives me a certain take on the world on a literary level.
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For many older Americans who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, a lifetime of discrimination has undermined their right to a retirement with dignity.
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Temperamentally I'm not a natural producer, because I don't have the patience.
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He who never leaves his country is full of prejudices.
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I tell you, it's funny because the only time I think about HIV is when I have to take my medicine twice a day.
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There is nothing like walking on the streets on a freezing cold day and hearing fans scream your name, then stopping to talk to those same fans. There is nothing like looking into the crowd at the Q and seeing over 20,000 people wearing wigs to match your hair. Those are feelings I will cherish for the rest of my life and never forget.
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We grew up listening to alternative music from the '90s, and there was no shame in being on a major label and still making the music you wanted to make. I feel like rap rock came around and drew a line in the sand, and everybody that was like me ran away from that and started making indie-rock.
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I've met a lot of really friendly people who are incredibly happy for me, which is really flattering and humbling.
