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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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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I think sometimes celebrities can hurt a candidate. You don't want people to judge them on your last project.
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All of my tales are based on the fundamental premise that common human laws and emotions have no validity or significance in the cosmos-at-large.
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I'm not a big movie-goer. I just feel like I'm watching work.
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The buzz is still with me. I get goose bumps.
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When I moved to New York, I wanted to be in the ensemble of 'Hairspray.' That was my goal.
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President George Herbert Walker Bush ran as a strong conservative, ran to continue the third term of Ronald Reagan, continue the Ronald Reagan revolution. Then he raised taxes and in '92 ran as an establishment moderate - same candidate, two very different campaigns.
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There's only one thing worse than to live without working, and that is to work without living.
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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.
