Alan Arkin Quotes

I had a hard time treating my field as if it's horse racing, putting actors in competition against each other. I see how the industry and the studios feel it's important, but I don't really have a feeling for being in competition. I want to feel sympathetic and close to others, not opposed to them.

Alan Arkin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 26, 1934

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You can verify that in news meetings I sometimes say, 'This is skewed too far to the left,' or 'The mix of stories seems overweeningly appealing to a reader with a certain set of sensibilities, and it shouldn't.'

Jill Abramson

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I used to break three or four strings a night, and the show would be over because I didn't know how to change the strings.

John Darnielle

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I have no inclination to seek attention.

John Scarlett

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Denver has smart and energetic crowds that appreciate good comedy and don't take themselves too seriously.

Ron Funches

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I enjoyed being a police officer; I enjoyed the investigations.

Julia Pierson

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People will say a movie bombed at the box office but I couldn't care less.

Johnny Depp

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Expressing and loving myself is often so much more complex than 'out' affords me.

DeRay Mckesson

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Training programs shouldn't be designed to deliver competence; they must be dedicated to producing excellence. Serious organizations don't aspire to be comfortably above average.

Brandon Webb

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It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born and bred a Dissenter.

William Hazlitt

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My advice for anyone looking to lose weight is to not make it feel like a job.

Rick Ross

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People say I have a distorted lens. I think I see things as they really are.

Nikki Sixx

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Certainly no man could be such an irredeemable 'schlub' as the American press portrays its losers.

Richard Ben Cramer

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