Steve Allen Quotes

I used to be a heavy gambler. But now I just make mental bets. That's how I lost my mind.

Steve Allen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: entertainer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 26, 1921 - October 30, 2000

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The minute I started doing comedy, the doors opened.

Jennifer Coolidge

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Quality is a direct experience independent of and prior to intellectual abstractions.

Robert M. Pirsig

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I think we all have demons, but my demons aren't that bad. They're productive demons. They keep me focused on the man I want to be and the life I want to live.

Steve Kazee

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If a movie isn't a hit right out of the gate, they drop it. Which means that the whole mainstream Hollywood product has been skewed toward violence and vulgar teen comedy.

Roger Ebert

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There's a sadness to the human condition that I think music is good for. It gives a counterpoint to the visual beauty, and adds depth to pictures that they wouldn't have if the music wasn't there.

Mike Figgis

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On any state elections map, the reservations are blue places. Native people are most often progressives, Democrats, and by no means gun-toting vigilantes.

Louise Erdrich

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As I think about the future, I'm back where most people live their lives. Which is, death is not imminent, and that's different.

Dick Cheney

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Work continuously to trim the White House staff from your first day to your last. All the pressures are to the contrary.

Donald Rumsfeld

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The No. 1 rule in any negotiation is don't take yourself hostage. People do this to themselves all the time by being desperate for 'yes' or afraid of 'no,' so they don't ask for what they really want. Instead, they ask for what they can realistically get. I've heard many people say, 'Well, that's a non-starter, so we won't even bring it up.'

Christopher Voss

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People are unhappy with the direction of the country - we saw that with the rise of the Tea Party; we saw that when we had thousands of people at the statehouse in Concord, New Hampshire, protesting the government with more taxes and more spending.

Corey Lewandowski

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I'm somebody who tries to remain positive and looks forward to setting goals and reaching them. But that's easier said than done.

CM Punk

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I met Edward Teller. Everything he believed in and stood for was antithetical to what I believed in and stood for. I like running into that in life. I like extreme points of view, a level of commitment - and I certainly love mastery.

Brian Grazer

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