Allyson Schwartz Quotes
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Politics is the enemy of the imagination.
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I never thought I would be standing here, married to an All-American guy, living in Oklahoma. What a country.
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In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live.
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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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I didn't choose to write a military man as much as Vince Haven chose me.
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Now, performing is second nature and I love every second of it. It is a very emotional thing when I can't play a song; maybe I'm hitting on something that I don't want to deal with. All of it is so personal. It is like therapy.
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My health is fine.
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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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If I can just be thought of as Omari Hardwick who had a really, really solid career, and whose work is appreciated in its own right, I think that would be a great legacy to leave behind.
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I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness.
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I would very much like to become a best-selling author.
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But the issue has to do with land, which is our land.
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Historical costumes from the 18th and 19th centuries look so complicated, but when you see the patterns, it's very systematic. I've always been impressed by how the patterns economize the fabric.
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Happiness is a mysterious concept. It seems to work best as futurity: at that point I will be happy, et cetera. I feel like I experience small pieces of joy day to day.
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Apparently, I'm very good at firing a gun without blinking, which is unusual. That's why so many action characters have to wear sunglasses during shoot-out scenes. That's my party trick.
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I threw a lot of balls and walked a lot of batters. Not something I'm proud of, but something I learned from.
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I'm not a walking extra in a Chekhov play; I'm no Slavic gloom or Irish gloom.
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I wasn't into sports, but I was really into Shakespeare.
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Oooh, if you have never been to Alaska, go there while it is still wild. My favorite uncle asked me if I wanted to go there, Uncle Sam. He said if you don't go, you're going to jail. That is how Uncle Sam asks you.
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Well, I'm British. I'm proud to be British and I love this country. I'm going nowhere.
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I made a living out of singing Mexican music.
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In Mexico, they don't have birth certificates... They don't have registration cards for voters. They have one national ID. We don't have a national ID.
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I wouldn't say I'm a hostile person.
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Some people have called me pushy. Well, I call it determined.
