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Alan Moore is a prophetic writer. -- Gerard Way
Alan Cumming is such an amazing performer and person. -- Carrie Preston
Have you worked towards your dream today? Alan Shepherd -- Pamela Harstad
I've seen better coverage at an Alan Keyes press conference. -- Dennis Miller
Alan Greenspan is unskilled; you don't take the unskilled seriously. -- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
I met the oddest little fellow today, Alan of Trebond. -- Tamora Pierce
Alan Smith... very much a striker, by reputation... and by fact -- Peter Drury
I think of Alan Thicke as Perry Como without the excitement. -- Gilbert Gottfried
Was it fate? Was it destiny?" "I think it was Alan Blunt. -- Anthony Horowitz
The first time I went to New York, I met Alan Freed. -- Johnny Rivers
You only get one Alan Bond in your lifetime. And I've had mine -- Kerry Packer
Actually," Alan said, earnest and clear-eyed, "this is my first time playing poker. -- Sarah Rees Brennan
Alan Moore's writing is almost novelistic. It's very intricate and wordy and smart. -- Adrianne Palicki
You wouldn't want Alan Greenspan to write the instructions for assembling a beach chair. -- Robert Orben
Alan Alda is loved not because he's sensitive, but because he's successful and sensitive. -- Warren Farrell
I'm pretty sure I'm a doppelganger for Alan Alda. I'm a trannie; I'm a man. -- Megan Fox
I don't have deal breakers," Alan said. "I look on tempests, and am never shaken. -- Sarah Rees Brennan
Alan Whicker may be the last Briton to have worn a silver-buttoned blazer with complete confidence. -- Craig Brown
In two words," said Alan quietly, "there is nothing I love half as much as you. -- Sarah Rees Brennan
No journalist knows the ins and outs of the Allman Brothers Band better than Alan Paul. -- Warren Haynes
I did a Broadway show with Alan Alda and how much money can Alan Alda have. -- Alice Barrett
We Have a ChanceTo Save LivesIf We Don't Take ItWe May Regret ItLike We DidWith Alan Kurdi -- Widad Akrawi
No man bears more responsibility for the present worldwide financial crisis and coming depression than Alan Greenspan. -- Bill Bonner
There are very few Japanese Jews. As a result, there is no Japanese word for Alan King. -- Johnny Carson
Reading Alan Zweibel makes me laugh out loud. And yet it is not a particularly funny name. -- Eric Idle
Alan Menken, for example, is one of my heroes for all of the music he's written for Disney. -- Dave Koz
Alan King, a comedian I adored, was considered society, and I was considered the Jewish kid from the neighborhood. -- Don Rickles
Oh, Alan Ryves," she said. "You're such a fantastic liar. You are the smoothest con man of them all. -- Sarah Rees Brennan
If you haven't read Alan Fletcher's The Art of Looking Sideways you should be arrested for calling yourself a Designer -- Bob Gill
Just to clarify the division of labor on the show, I write the show and Alan [Poul] does everything else. -- Aaron Sorkin
People either know Alan Rudolph and love every single one of his films or they don't know him at all. -- Neve Campbell
[On reporters trying to cajole a smile from her husband, Alan Greenspan:] For a Federal Reserve chairman, that was a smile. -- Andrea Mitchell
Alan [Lomax] and his father started off changing the definition of folk music from something ancient and anonymous to something very contemporary. -- Pete Seeger
I am a huge fan of Alan Furst. Furst is the best in the business--the most talented espionage novelist of our generation. -- Vince Flynn
One of the funniest lines in my show was written for me by Alan Bursky. I really want to learn this routine! -- Lance Burton
Said of her husband on the day their divorce became final: Oh, don't worry about Alan. . . . Alan will always land on somebody's feet. -- Dorothy Parker
Alan Zweibel is the funniest writer in the world. He might be even funnier when he's naked, but I'm afraid to find out. -- Dave Barry
Don't worry, Alan. At least you'll be able to play close to a great team. (to Alan Ball, who'd just signed for Everton) -- Bill Shankly
Alan Bennett is a starmaker; he's the Simon Cowell of the theatre world! He's a beautiful, beautiful man: completely humble and so accessible. -- Russell Tovey
Remember, Alan Greenspan was a member of Ayn Rand's collective. To understand this is to understand why we are doomed with the Federal Reserve -- Peter Fonda
Alan Rickman told me to do a play, so I did. Because when Alan Rickman tells you do something, you go and do it. -- Matthew Lewis
I don't know how to speak to celebrities. Every time I talk to Alan Menken, I say something stupid and I have to apologize. -- Kara Lindsay
It was very exciting to see Alan Sugar, so I think I've peaked with excitement for the evening, because I'm a massive Apprentice fan. -- David Walliams
Remember, Alan Greenspan was a member of Ayn Rand's collective. To understand this is to understand why we are doomed with the Federal Reserve. -- Peter Fonda
I always loved Alan Menken songs and wanted my first album to be a tribute to him and his work. I always loved his music. -- Adam Jacobs
Did Alan Moore get screwed on his contract? Of course. Lots of people get screwed, but we still have Spider-Man and lots of other heroes. -- J. Michael Straczynski
I really like Alan Jackson, in Country Music. I think he's really very, very talented along with George Jones, and Merle Haggard, the same old favorites. -- Tanya Tucker
But the truth is that L.A. was never entirely real anyway, as Steely Dan, Randy Newman, Warren Zevon, Larry David and Alan Ball all understood. -- Barney Hoskyns
It wasn't until after I'd been around Timothy Leary, Aldous Huxley and Alan Watts, that I started to reflect about issues like the evolution of consciousness. -- Ram Dass
Remember," he called. "Just be yourself, and everyone will love you!" Nick rolled his eyes and made a rude gesture, and Alan drove the car away laughing. -- Sarah Rees Brennan
Even today, when the Obama administration has liberalized travel to Cuba - and failed to reverse that liberalization when Alan Gross was imprisoned - there are limits. -- Elliott Abrams
Telling Alan Turing's story in a two-hour film was a tremendous challenge. It felt in some small way like our filmmaking version of breaking the enigma code. -- Graham Moore
I was talking to Alan Jackson. He had his second Greatest Hits album. He said, You don't ever get into this really thinking you're gonna make it. -- Jeff Foxworthy
I'm a big fan of Alan J. Pakula's films like 'All the President's Men', 'The Parallax View,' and 'Klute.' I'm a big fan of those movies. -- Simon Baker
Alan, you seem to think we won't like you unless you do things just like everyone else. Have you ever thought we might like you because you're different? -- Tamora Pierce
Today's top players only want to play in London or for Manchester United. That's what happened when I tried to sign Alan Shearer and he went to Blackburn. -- Graeme Souness
Alan's publishing company was in the Brill Building, and of course, the Brill Building was where all the songwriters hung out because that's where all the publishers were. -- Johnny Rivers
I've known Alan Zweibel since 1975, and I've always had this sneaking suspicion that he might possess a sense of humor. After reading CLOTHING OPTIONAL, I'm almost sure he does. -- Rob Reiner
Heck, I drank no more than John Wayne or Ward Bond or Spencer Tracy or Alan Ladd or Robert Walker. But it got me into a lot more trouble. -- John Agar
I certainly think that he [Alan Rickman] was a kind of actor who needed to grow into his maturity to realize the potential, the huge potential that he had. -- Helen Mirren
[At the reception following her remarriage to Alan Campbell:] People who haven't talked to each other in years are on speaking terms again today - including the bride and groom. -- Dorothy Parker
Alan Turing gave us a mathematical model of digital computing that has completely withstood the test of time. He gave us a very, very clear description that was truly prophetic. -- George Dyson
Alan Ginsberg was fabulous. The man is so filled with energy. He's 65 years old and he's just loaded with energy and charm and wit and his mind is constantly racing. -- Ray Manzarek
There is a ceiling to it and there's a stigma. Billy Crystal as brilliant as he is, he's never going to be thought of as a contemporary like Alan Arkin. -- Jay Mohr
I was shaped by the heroes in the films I saw, which you always want to emulate and be like. I wanted to be like Alan Ladd, Gary Cooper, Jimmy Stewart. -- Robert Osborne
When I played Robin Hood, I knew the great role was Alan Rickman's and it didn't bother me. I always think that leading actors should be called the best supporting actors. -- Kevin Costner
The Imitation Game' is a celebration of Alan Turing's life and legacy, and Joan's final monologue is our eulogy. It's the thing we all wished we could have said to him. -- Graham Moore
Alan Webb is the best thing to happen in this event, but professionals and collegiates don't want to lose to high school guys. I don't want to lose to no one. -- Gabe Jennings
There's something about Alan Arkin. Even when he's doing nothing, he makes me laugh. I've always had that reaction to him: he's got a weary world-view that makes him perfectly cast. -- John Curran
You know, he [Alan Rickman] played these very reserved, sometimes-cold, sometimes-threatening characters on the screen, but the reality of the man was incredible warmth and humor and generosity and wicked fun. -- Helen Mirren
But the trouble is that he [Alan Greenspan] had been an Ayn Rander. You can take the boy out of the cult but you can't take the cult out of the boy. -- Paul Samuelson
Sin met Mae and Alan coming into the flat. Mae frowned. "Is it no-shirts festival day?" "Every day with Nick is no-shirts festival day," Alan said absently, but he was frowning too. -- Sarah Rees Brennan
There is a special aura about artists who take their visions to the highest pinnacles of success ... I get very excited about the magnitude of the aura I see, when Alan performs. -- Bill Aucoin
I first became an Alan Moore fan in Covent Garden on a Saturday afternoon in 1987, when I bought a copy of 'Watchmen,' his graphic novel about ageing superheroes and nuclear apocalypse. -- Susanna Clarke
The truth is, I would do anything for Alan Rudolph. If he asked me to stand on my head and spit wooden nickels, I would. I love him. I loved working with him. -- Lesley Ann Warren
People unacquainted with graphic novels, including journalists, tend to think of 'Watchmen' as a book by Alan Moore that happens to have some illustrations. And that does a disservice to the entire form. -- Dave Gibbons
I took part of Alan Silvestri's theme on the original [movie], which I really liked, and I pulled it into it new theme, which became kind of a hybrid. I really enjoyed that. -- Danny Elfman
Alan is a great guy, a terrific guy. We haven't worked together since then, and he's always working with different artists. I think he sees different dimensions he can see from different guys. -- David Lloyd
People unacquainted with graphic novels, including journalists, tend to think of Watchmen as a book by Alan Moore that happens to have some illustrations. And that does a disservice to the entire form. -- Dave Gibbons
[Alan] Watts did two main things for me. He opened up the connections between what I was doing and the traditional Oriental philosophies. And he pointed me toward the distinction between Self and Mind. -- Werner Erhard
Alan Shearer has done very well for us, considering his age. We have introduced some movement into his game because he has got two good legs now. Last season he played with one leg. -- Bobby Robson
That was something that I learned from Alan Ball from "Six Feet Under." He didn't really like to have too many pop culture references because they don't really hold up after a few years. -- Jill Soloway
Alan Cumming was such a fun guy to watch. I remember he has a song in the first 'Spy Kids' movie, and when Danny Elfman came to set, they were working on the song. -- Daryl Sabara
Alan: Conning people out of their savings. Forgery. Blackmail. Selling real estate on Mars. We could have it all. You with me, Bambi?" Sin: "Clive, I was with you from 'I'm a social worker. -- Sarah Rees Brennan
I love 'Love Actually' and particularly the story with Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson. I think it's possibly the best exploration of infidelity that's ever been done because it really feels accurate and real. -- John Requa
Alan Moore is a peculiarly unsung triumph of British culture, and Northampton, where he was born in 1953, the son of brewery worker Ernest and printer Sylvia, is where you must go to find him. -- Susanna Clarke
Alan Schwarz of the New York Times calls up the NFL to get a response, and what he gets from Greg Aiello, the league spokesman, is more denials. They are now denying their own study. -- Steve Fainaru
THE WICKED + THE DIVINE is unlike True Detective as: it features women who do things. THE WICKED + THE DIVINE is like True Detective as: we shamelessly rip off huge chunks of stuff from Alan Moore. -- Kieron Gillen
When Alan Rickman, a dear friend of mine, played villains, he always made it complicated. He didn't redeem what they did, but he made you feel that it was hard for them to be so horrible. -- Susan Sarandon
I want to burn the world because Alan is gone," he said. "I want to destroy everything I see. But you mean something to me. I will not destroy the world, because it has you in it. -- Sarah Rees Brennan
I became friends on a social basis with a music professor (Dr. Alan Stein) who took a real interest in my work.He encouraged me in countless different ways, urged me to try different arranging styles, etc. -- John Keltonic
I don't lie to you," Alan said. "I lie WITH you." Sin stopped looking up at him from under her eyelashes and burst out laughing. Alan went red. "So I've just realized how that come out. Uh. -- Sarah Rees Brennan
I've known Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles and they're two of the most independent people I've ever known in my life, and the thought we could somehow bend their views I find really beyond my capacity to believe. -- Peter George Peterson
I was working for Alan Lomax in the Library of Congress folk song archive, and starting to realize what a wealth of different kinds of music there was in this country that you never heard on the radio. -- Pete Seeger
I have always found it difficult to wait for things - whether it was to see my father or sailor brother, Alan, again after their long sea trips, or the chance of a better job, or even new curtains. -- Anna Neagle
We have lost a true public servant with the passing of Alan Nunnelee, who dedicated so much of his life to improving Mississippi, my thoughts and prayers are with Tori and the entire Nunnelee family at this sad time. -- Thad Cochran
I remember having an argument with Alan, I said the Queen's not just going to call the guy up and send him out to do it. And Alan says, well, how would a monarch give orders to her assassin. -- Eddie Campbell
My first ideas of human in vitro fertilization (IVF) arose with my Ph.D. in Edinburgh University in the early 1950s. Supervised by Alan Beatty, my research was based on his work on altering chromosomal complements in mouse embryos. -- Robert Edwards
I write about it in the book and, you know, explain that. But that was the technicality that actually got my sentence reduced - that Alan Dershowitz used to have my sentence - it came down eventually to eight years. -- Jim Bakker
Steven Alan Green is ONE funny writer ---- Everything I read of yours makes me laugh and think - Not just the kind words about meBut the insights you have for the Comedy racket.You're Barbara Hershey, we are beaches. -- Taylor Negron
Oh, you need Alan to betray Nick and then you'll steal Nick's powers and kill them both," said Mae. "Great idea. Hey, can i come? I'll bring a picnic lunch if you promise not to let blood get on the sandwiches. -- Sarah Rees Brennan
I'm told I have the body of a god." "A Greek god, or one of those gods with the horse heads or elephant's legs coming out of their chests?" Alan asked. "Next time someone tells you that, ask them to specify. -- Sarah Rees Brennan
I think it says wonders about people that can write an entire album, and put out an entire album of great songs. I mean, the Brad Paisley's, Alan Jackson especially, even Taylor Swift - those people can really pen great stuff. -- Joe Nichols
When I was seven or eight, I was bought a fantastic book called 'The Movie Treasury of Horror Movies' by Alan G. Frank; it became my bible. It's packed full of the most amazing photos and is still fantastic to look at. -- Mark Gatiss
Alan Lomax is the person who I think should be given major credit for what has been called the "Folk Song Revival." My father participated with him because my father was a musicologist and urged trained musicians to learn about "the vernacular." -- Pete Seeger
I always wanted to be a writer, but Alan Moore's work and help inspired me to write comics. In some ways the biggest influence on me writing was Punk. There was the idea that you could do something by simply doing it. -- Neil Gaiman
When you had the fangs in, you wanted to be a little bit careful that you didn't actually pierce the jugular, kind of like my experience shaving Alan Rickman, which by the way neither of us want to do again, especially Alan. -- Johnny Depp
Alan Watts, the Buddhist scholar, proposed the existence of a mental faculty he called forgettory, which is the flip side of memory. There are times, Watts maintained, when we need to forget things, to let them slip away into the unremembered past. -- Larry Dossey
I learned by transcribing songs out of the Library of Congress collection in Washington where I was working. I got a job when I just turned twenty in 1939 and Alan [Lomax] needed some help. I listened to hundreds of records every week. -- Pete Seeger
Not only has my latest book, The Wandering Who?, rocked the boat, but it also has managed to unite Alan Dershowitz and Abe Foxman with Ali Abunimah and Max Blumenthal. That is pretty encouraging: it means that peace may prevail after all. -- Gilad Atzmon
Football became my life at five or six. The earliest memory I have is of playing in my first boots, a pair of black and white Alan Balls. It was 1970, four years after the World Cup, and I scored three goals at school. -- Vinnie Jones
And I sort of felt heryou know. Alan made an exaggerated shape of a heart. You touched her heart? Mike queried. No! Her bum. It's sort of, you know, heart shaped. Big heart.He flexed his fingers, remembering the feel of it. Soft. -- Angela Verdenius
Alan was always interested in politics in a major way. He actually believes that anarchy is a politically viable system, but I don't. I was always interested in putting forward the ideas that represented my viewpoint. I feel the same about anything I'm doing. -- David Lloyd
Maybe the memory does play tricks. Increasingly, I'm thinking, 'What was their name? I knew that name yesterday.' I think that's what happens. At some point, I'll forget that I ever worked with Peter Cook, I suppose, and Alan Bennett and Jonathan Miller. -- Dudley Moore
My very first acting job was with Alan Parker on Angela's Ashes but as a child I had written to so many other productions just applying for any role. I always wanted to be an actress and I did loads of acting summer schools, -- Kerry Condon
Alan White and I spent the next two or three years working together on this. We developed what is known a stochastic volatility model. This is a model where the volatility as well as the underlying asset price moves around in an unpredictable way. -- John Hull
There's Carol like a rolling car, And Martin like a flying bird, And Adam like the Lord's First Word, And Raymond like the Harvest Moon, And Peter like a piper's tune, And Alan like the flowing on Of water. And there's John, like John. -- Eleanor Farjeon
When the American documentary filmmaker Donn Alan Pennebaker wanted to do a film on Dylan, Dylan asked him what he'd already done, and Pennebaker answered, Nothing except shots in the street. Dylan asked to see them, and he agreed to let him do the film. -- Raymond Depardon
Alan Chadwick's garden is a 'garden of the mind' as much as it is of the soil, and like all genuinely inspired creations it has the power to stir us to new dreams, to a new vision of what man and nature can do, together. -- Page Smith
My very small part in WATCHMEN is that, every now and then, Alan would phone me: ''Neil, you're an educated man. Where does it say...'' He would need a quote from the Bible, or an essay about owls. I was his occasional research assistant. -- Neil Gaiman

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