Allison Tolman Quotes
I saw 'Fargo,' not when it came out, but probably a few years later, and went through multiple viewings - I'm sure my tape has been worn out.
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It's nature-nurture, right? I've been nurtured by Californians.
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Our society is divided by the culture wars into the Left and Right, and the United Methodist Church has always stood historically in the center and has been willing to listen to and to bring together those things that often are found in opposite camps.
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We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot.
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I hate being manipulated by song. Don't tell me what I should be feeling. I don't want cellos or violins to be telling me that I should be bawling right now.
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If you don't find time to meditate and get all that negative out, and if you don't have the right people being positive around you, this is a very scary job to have if you don't learn how to control your fear.
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I didn't go into the theater to be a producer, I went into the theater to be a director.
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I still sing every day - in the shower or on the set all day. I'm sure everyone will tell you that I never shut up. But it's not in the capacity that I would like to.
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I really like to sometimes go into food detox and eat very simply.
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I listen to a lot of jazz. I'm a big Sinatra geek. I love Chet Baker.
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Yusuf Qaradawi is probably the most well-known legal authority in the whole Muslim world today.
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Let us learn from the lessons of September 11 and not wait for a major strike before we act. We must work together - Democrats and Republicans, Congress and the White House, government and the private sector - to make our country a safer and more prosperous place.
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I entered politics from a completely different background from other people in this field, and that has helped me to see and deal with things differently.
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It was the short men that caused all the trouble in the world.
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It's so nice that there's all this new space for new, good content. It's good news for us actors, since nobody makes real independent films anymore.
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Well, the truth is I'm very scared for people to dislike me. I have conflict-avoidance.
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If I could play any role in any musical, it would be Desiree in 'A Little Night Music' - Oh my, it is perfection. The character gets to be funny, beautiful, sexy and smart all at the same time and have two men fighting over her. The show is Stephen Sondheim at his absolute best... need I say more?
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It's so much easier to suggest solutions when you don't know too much about the problem.
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Atoms consist of a positive nucleus and negative electrons flying around outside it. Electrons closest to the nucleus feel a strong negative-on-positive tug, and the bigger atoms get, the bigger the tug. In really big atoms, electrons whip around at speeds close to the speed of light.
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I was a big 'Blue Valentine' fan. I really loved that movie. And I thought the performances were just unbelievably real, which is certainly what I always strive for in my work.
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So much of our attention is trained on the Middle East these days, but we cannot ignore East Asia.
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Someone once claimed I was not really a Yorkshireman!
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The one thing that you simply have to remember all the time that you are there, is that Hollywood is an oriental city. As long as you do that you might survive. If you try to equate it with anything else you'll perish.
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I saw 'Fargo,' not when it came out, but probably a few years later, and went through multiple viewings - I'm sure my tape has been worn out.
