Allison Williams Quotes
I always ask, 'Is this movie essential? Does this movie need to exist? Does it need to exist right now?' And the answer to that is almost always no.
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I am often critical of Israel's policies when in the country, but then feel defensive of them when overseas.
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With a poetry book I can send 100 copies out to reviewers and other people, and even do it in advance and get their response. It's difficult with iPad: how do you send it out for free, and how do you even disseminate it before it goes into their store?
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I want to pursue a career in film.
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There's not some idea I'm going to create a work that's going to change everybody's consciousness.
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As the ratings go up, so does advertising revenue.
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I don't see a white woman. I see a black woman, even though my mother is white. Knowing that has made my life easier, I think.
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Creating a role is an interesting thing - each show or each situation is different.
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I'm the worst employee in the world. I'll cheat and steal time and resources from my employer, although I'll con everybody into believing I'm essential to the operation.
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And so, the youngsters you have today, even though there are far fewer of them - in World War II 16.5 million men and women in uniform, today roughly a million in uniform in spite of the fact that the country is almost twice as large a population as we had in World War II.
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I always see where I didn't do things the right way. I only see the heavy lifting. That's a bit of my wisdom, if you want to call it that.
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War is the ultimate tool of politics.
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I'll work out with my trainer twice a week, and I'll do some Power Pilates and might throw in some yoga. I love to row also. The main thing for me is just to move every single day for 30 minutes to an hour.
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The live setting is always better for me. I usually thrive at live. I feel like having a band behind me and being able to interact with the crowd helps boost my energy up.
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Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for the next succeeding.
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Honestly, I just love great performers and people who love what they do.
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Israel now has a reputation around the world of being not just a place to develop products and technology but to develop ideas.
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'Matterhorn' is my metaphor of the Vietnam War - we built it, we abandoned it, we assaulted it, we lost, and then we abandoned it again.
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There's something extraordinary about selling millions and millions of albums.
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The rules of Canadian engagement say that if we encounter a celebrity, we have to pretend we're not encountering a celebrity.
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Yo La Tengo were a major inspiration for me because they're one of the first bands that I got into on my own, separate from my parents, when I was in high school. I have all their albums. That's the place we'd like be in someday.
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I'd come out to Los Angeles for a vacation to see a friend and just fell in love with it.
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People who know how much they're worth aren't usually worth that much.
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I like an interesting movie even if it's controversial or offensive, depending on your taste.
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I always ask, 'Is this movie essential? Does this movie need to exist? Does it need to exist right now?' And the answer to that is almost always no.
