That somehow distances us from actually taking part fully with the reality we do have, and that creates suffering.
ALAN BALLMakes you wonder what else you can do that you’ve forgotten about.
More Alan Ball Quotes
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The ego is kind of a big, unwieldy thing. It’s not so easily tamed or subdued.
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I’m not a believer in luck, but I do believe you need it.
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The important thing is that he shook hands with us over the phone.
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It’s a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself.
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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.
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I think vampires are a timeless powerful archetype that can tap into people’s psyches.
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Once Everton has touched you, nothing will be the same.
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I try to tell the best story, and the story that has some heart and some genuine terror and some social commentary and some comedy and some romance and some sex and some violence.
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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’d seen ‘Interview with A Vampire’ and saw Dracula movies growing up, but I never thought, ‘I love vampires; I have to do a show about vampires.’
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It’s also easy to look at them as a metaphor for a shadow organization that says one thing and has a completely different agenda on their mind, and anybody who gets in their way, they just get rid of them. Does that sound familiar?
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I would be so bored if that was the case. There would be no journey. There would be nothing to discover.
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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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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.
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Makes you wonder what else you can do that you’ve forgotten about.
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