Life is suffering. We have desires and expectations and egos, and we compare the reality we have, which is miraculous and wondrous, with this reality we desire.
ALAN BALLI’m not like J.K. Rowling, where I know there’s going to be this number of seasons, and I know exactly what’s going to happen.
More Alan Ball Quotes
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It’s easy to look at the vampires as a metaphor for any feared or misunderstood group.
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I mean certainly, you read about things people did to each other in the pursuit of some mystical or occult goal, and it’s horrifying. But that’s just human nature.
ALAN BALLI mean certainly, you read about things people did to each other in the pursuit of some mystical or occult goal, and it’s horrifying. But that’s just human nature.
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We don’t have any real sense of community anymore.
ALAN BALLWe don’t have any real sense of community anymore.
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For me, the thing that I love is that it’s all about the present moment.
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I don’t necessarily believe in vampires or werewolves or that kind of thing, but I believe there is definitely a realm we don’t necessarily have access to.
ALAN BALLI don’t necessarily believe in vampires or werewolves or that kind of thing, but I believe there is definitely a realm we don’t necessarily have access to.
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That somehow distances us from actually taking part fully with the reality we do have, and that creates suffering.
ALAN BALLThat somehow distances us from actually taking part fully with the reality we do have, and that creates suffering.
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In my own life, I think legends of supernatural, mythic things are really just a manifestation of the collective unconscious. So I don’t really get freaked out.
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I would say try to tell stories that you care about as opposed to stories that you think will sell.
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There are times when I am directing, and there are a couple of moments I didn’t get the way I wanted, but I know I still have other angles to shoot and I have to be done by noon; I move on.
ALAN BALLThere are times when I am directing, and there are a couple of moments I didn’t get the way I wanted, but I know I still have other angles to shoot and I have to be done by noon; I move on.
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The important thing is that he shook hands with us over the phone.
ALAN BALLThe important thing is that he shook hands with us over the phone.
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I felt pride, wonderful pride, when I was captain. It was an honour to take over from Labby. Anybody who has ever captained a big club, which Everton are, will tell you it’s a great honour.
ALAN BALLI felt pride, wonderful pride, when I was captain. It was an honour to take over from Labby. Anybody who has ever captained a big club, which Everton are, will tell you it’s a great honour.
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Not everything is going to be successful. To strive for that is really naive. You just do the best you can do.
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Sometimes there’s so much beauty in the world, I feel like I can’t take it, and my heart is going to cave in.
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It’s a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself.
ALAN BALLIt’s a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself.
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Sometimes I feel like I’m seeing it all at once and it’s too much. My heart fills up like a balloon that’s about to burst.
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