Allison Tolman Quotes

I moved to Chicago and I did theater, and then I started writing and I stop acting and I did sketch. You know, I did all of the things that, if you were serious about doing television, don't do.

Allison Tolman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 18, 1981

Topics

WritingDoingYouTelevisionActing

My mother wanted me to be a reader. She was a reader. Even though she had an 11th-grade education, she was curious about all kinds of things - archeology, anthropology.

Joe R. Lansdale

EducationMotherCuriousMeShe

When you try to avoid the pain, it creates greater pain.

Jennifer Aniston

PainYouTryGreaterAvoidCreates

Our culture is so obsessed with the idea that you're going to go through a crisis or some difficult event and come out the other side a changed or improved person, and I just think that if you're honest, that often does not happen, and in fact, it shouldn't happen.

Meghan Daum

CultureThinkYouPersonGoCrisis

There's a certain steely resolve when you decide to live in a city and decide to raise children in the city. And if you're doing it properly, you have sort of a heightened awareness anyway.

John Ross Bowie

LiveChildrenCityDoingYouDecide

I had an unusual college experience because I traveled the world while going to school at the same time. Now, to look back, I was very lucky.

Su-chin Pak

TimeExperienceSchoolCollegeWorld

I never would have given up my work to stay home.

Shirley MacLaine

WorkHomeNeverUpStayWould

My mythic version of America is very much about parents and children, and in my experience, the suburban setting is where that particular drama plays out. Which isn't to say that there aren't parents and children in cities or on farms. I just don't know them.

Tom Perrotta

ChildrenExperienceParentsAmerica

This whole wrestling world is a different breed, there's no doubt.

Roman Reigns

WorldDoubtWrestlingDifferent

When you're younger, you want to project an image of yourself through your work, but now, I just want to make something honest.

Miguel Sapochnik

WorkYourselfYouNowWantImage

It's not that things won't change - they can't help but change. Things are becoming more and more competitive.

Lu Guanqiu

ChangeHelpMoreThingsCompetitive

I think people who write for kids, we have that ability to go back into our own lives.

Judy Blume

PeopleThinkBackGoWriteAbility

Languages are something of a mess. They evolve over centuries through an unplanned, democratic process that leaves them teeming with irregularities, quirks, and words like 'knight.'

Joshua Foer

WordsProcessOverMessEvolveLike

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