A.A. Allen Quotes

Distracting reactions about anything undermine a clear mind about anything else.

The real issue is how to make appropriate choices about what to do at any point in time. The real issue is how we manage actions.

Frankly, I'm more of a researcher, teacher,motivat or, and coach than I am an entrepreneur.

Creativity and freedom are two sides of the same coin. I like the best of both worlds.

Without a gut-level sense that you are ultimately in control of what's happening to you, you won't even consider the option that you could manage it better.

Virtually every problem that would show up in your business can be traced back to communications; somebody didn't talk to somebody about something.

A Keyring? Achievements? These are not WoW-specific things. They are common sense. They exist in the real world.

You can do anything, not everything

There is no reason ever to have the same thought twice, unless you like having that thought.

Why do people complain that there's no time to get their work done? Because there is more work to do than the work they think they have to do.

I think positive stress is actually a good thing. It's sort of the stretch goal "Wow, let me see how much faster I can run" or "Let me see how many more ideas I can generate in five minutes."

There's a lot of reasons why deadline-driven may actually - it's not necessarily a bad thing, it just all it does is it speeds up and makes you a little proactive about decision making.

Stress such as you experience in exercise is what creates builds focus, strength, and the capability for expanded expression; and the same is true for any kind of performance.

Some people have to move, physically, to "get" something. But if you're stuck in a chair, that's not your limitation - it's simply not an optimal condition for you.

I didn't need the insurance. I do it again if my DP tells me it didn't look good in the camera or if the actors didn't hit their marks. But if everything was working why do it again?

That's the only way I can control my movie. If you shoot everything, then everything is liable to end up in the movie. If you have a vision, you don't have to cover every scene.

The radio for these women is like television is for us today, which is really like looking at the radio.

There were two second division matches last night, both in the second division.

I did a lot of talking - not as much background talking as a lot of people because I've never been someone who is too afraid of saying what I feel. I just don't see any reason to.

Unremembered and afar I watched as I watched a star, Through darkness struggling into view And I loved you better than you knew.

We do not die with those we mourn.

I always have trouble remembering three things: faces, names, and - I can't remember what the third thing is.

To a newspaperman, a human being is an item with skin wrapped around it.

Hush, little bright line, don’t you cry You’ll be a cliché by and by.

The average vice-president is a form of executive fungus that attaches itself to a desk. On a boat this growth would be called a barnacle.

He always had a chip on his shoulder that he was ready to use to kindle an argument.

He has no idea what it was like to grow up in the South, where you had to hold your head down.

Father Time is the make-up man responsible for the physical changes that determine the parts the average actor is to play.

When Jack Benny plays the violin, it sounds as though the strings are still in the cat.

I'd rather have two girls at seventeen than one at thirty-four.

The S.S. Sierra was a ten-thousand-ton vessel. Today, lifeboats bigger than the Sierra are found on the Queen Mary and other luxury liners.

Romance cannot be put into quantity production-the moment love becomes casual, it becomes commonplace.

It is easier to tear down a code than to put a new one in its place.

I am one who believes that the people's views and values are represented by those who they elect in the legislative branch and not unelected federal judges appointed for life.

Coaches try to beat each other from the ears up.

I have always advocated for funding and programs that increase our productivity and competitiveness

When we get to the future, I'll decide the future.

I left my car parked at the top of Lombard Street Hill, and I forgot to put the breaks on. It's the funniest thing. The car is running down the hill.

Home is a complex and resonant idea.

I love the idea of literature as a room or series of rooms that allow you to be present as it slowly unfolds itself in all its capacities.

I know that as a writer I'm trying to, in some small way, return the gift that I got, and maybe provide a reader the kind of experience that has changed my life.

The mature mind seeks to follow through.

The average citizen expresses pride in the American Bill of Rights and then seeks to protect his real estate by restrictive covenants.

Keep a secret, it's your slave. Tell it, and it's your master.

Some of the shells brought my heart into my mouth; lying there waiting for them was intolerable. I was sure I was going to be blown to pieces.

My biggest regret is probably that it took me so long to find out what I want to do.

I am very lucky to have people who care about me and care about my music. I think it would be irresponsible to not show them as much love back as they show me.

It's unfair of me to tell anyone what to think. I make myself for myself to get out my own desire to create and make sense of things in life. Hopefully, it does the same for others.

The blogosphere gives me my life, I am fortunate to have developed relationships with great websites who allow me to reach a whole ton of new people everyday.

I've been writing songs since I was 10 years old and always had a penchant for rhyming. I started listening to hip hop through my friends and fell in love with it.