Ally Brooke (Allyson Brooke Hernandez) Quotes
I very well could not be here right now. So I'm so grateful for every day I have, especially in living out my dreams.
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If you say one gets influenced watching a character, I think it's foolish. Cinema reflects society; society rarely reflects cinema.
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I was born and brought up in Chennai, as the entire Telugu film industry was based there.
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Oxford is Oxford: not a mere receptacle for youth, like Cambridge. Perhaps it wants its inmates to love it rather than to love one another.
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My sister was always very motherly, babysitting and stuff.
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And, of course, in the Philippines there were so many thousands of Americans that were captured by the Japanese and held and who were rescued by Filipino Americans, or Filipinos I should say, and by U.S. troops near the close of the war.
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I love football, I've never really taken an interest in anything else.
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As a woman, I'm expected to want everything to be nice and to be nice myself. A very English thing. I don't design nice buildings - I don't like them. I like architecture to have some raw, vital, earthy quality.
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There was a time where I thought I could only date vegans. I was wrong because I was missing the fact that somebody should be right for me first, instead of just having similar values.
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Growing up in Dumfries, I got no sun - I spent all my time in my room making records. When I came to America, it made me recognise the benefits of sunlight. Oh, and I also got a good haircut. I used to have a terrible haircut.
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One of the main reasons for wanting to perform live again was to have contact with that audience.
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I hate Valentine's day. It is a day for nothing but disappointment.
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Here's the thing, back in the day, a lot of guys would make fun of me, that I would sing and dance, that I was a cheerleader. But I kept my head on straight. I had goals.
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Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.
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When I was younger, I did lots of plays, put on shows for Mum and Dad, made my brother dress up in ridiculous tutus and whatnot to perform in front of them. I think my pre-primary report was like, 'Has a flair for drama' - it was just a little side note.
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I started working out with a trainer and I immediately saw results.
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I'm learning with my mom how to cook more Spanish food. I'm trying to make a good paella, but that's a real art.
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I have been very influenced by the director Maurice Pialat, who I continue to be in conversation and conflict with and get inspiration from.
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My only problem is finding a way to play my fortieth fallen female in a different way from my thirty-ninth.
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I think sometimes celebrities can hurt a candidate. You don't want people to judge them on your last project.
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Classical stuff takes a lot of rehearsal time and preparation, but with stuff that involves improvisation, you can over-rehearse it and it gets stale. You don't want it to be too comfortable. In fact, a good sound check, a good rehearsal usually means a bad performance.
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I was fifteen in college at Tulane. I lied about my age in college so that I could be normal socially. So that girls would go out with me and stuff like that. I just said I was normal age.
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I try to motivate people and align our individual incentives with organizational incentives. And then let people do their best.
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I'm all about unity and loving your neighbor... If somebody told me when I was growing up that the music I was listening to was stupid, and I listened to them, I wouldn't be where I am today.
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I very well could not be here right now. So I'm so grateful for every day I have, especially in living out my dreams.
