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Hey, the TV was my friend. As a child, I always said, 'I want to live in there someday.'


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ALAN PARKER I hope it goes through.
ALAN PARKER We're the demonstration project for the state, so everybody's looking at us.
ALAN PARKER I tell my son to avoid that area, because it is extremely dangerous.
ALAN PARKER People should focus their energy on developing a taste for dark chocolate, because its high cocoa co...
ALAN PARKER And this film was not meant to be a political diatribe. Hopefully it's balanced, for people to make ...
ALAN PARKER It's probably the hardest thing I've ever had to do, ... just being away from my kids and my family....
ALAN PARKER Thank God that he brings all the troops and my son home safely. Thank God,
ALAN PARKER Well, if you ask any filmmaker how they got into it, everyone came a different route. I've never act...
ALAN PARKER Rain is also very difficult to film, particularly in Ireland because it's quite fine, so fine that t...
ALAN PARKER You can lead a whore to culture but you can't make her think.
DOROTHY PARKER Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of...
CHARLIE PARKER Summer makes me drowsy. Autumn makes me sing. Winter's pretty lousy, but I hate Spring.
DOROTHY PARKER Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here.
JOHN PARKER I don't know much about being a millionaire, but I'll bet I'd be darling at it.
DOROTHY PARKER The friends I made have slipped and strayed.
And who's the one that cares
A trifling lot and...
DOROTHY PARKER Work is the province of cattle.
DOROTHY PARKER