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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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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I think God has a sense of humor, and the way my lessons come from God is very funny. I have to laugh at myself even if it's a tough lesson.
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Bork has essentially given up. I'm not ready to throw in the towel.
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I'll let Democrats defend spending our grandchildren broke on entitlements.
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I know a lot of people who are not here anymore, and I wonder why I'm still here... Not a day goes by that I don't think about Sam Cooke. His presence is so strong and so convincing to me, a true artist, a true talent, who never talked down to people.
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It's a controversial segment, 'Watters World.' There's controversy around it.
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I'm not the kind of actor that would know what my character had for breakfast last Tuesday.
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Some people have called me pushy. Well, I call it determined.
