Alan Bates quote: "I have always tried to work according to what affects me, to a script that I like because it touches me in some way, without deliberately pursuing a commercial career or a particular image."

Occasionally I do things against my inner voice, but you really should go for the thing that touches...
ALAN BATES

No film should try to follow a trend, and do what film people think the public wants. There's no suc...
ALAN BATES

I've never believed much in that holding hands kind of love. I've always thought that love is about ...
ALAN BATES

I think that can happen, that two people can love each other and not be able to get on at all.
ALAN BATES

I think in every generation there's a certain amount of, not awe exactly, but that sort of awareness...
ALAN BATES

I think actors are privileged. Acting feeds you.
ALAN BATES

I do believe in living out your own time, unless it's absolutely impossible, which it is for some pe...
ALAN BATES

But, you know, as you get older, my God, the parts get more varied. There's a lot of fun to be had d...
ALAN BATES

An emotional performance is usually more instinctive to an actor.
ALAN BATES

I've never believed much in that holding hands kind of love. I've always thought that love i...
ALAN BATES

Occasionally I do things against my inner voice, but you really should go for the thing that touches...
ALAN BATES

You can time a part perfectly and play it badly. And some people have very individual offbeat timing...
ALAN BATES

You can't always go by the book, even in comedy.
ALAN BATES

No film should try to follow a trend, and do what film people think the public wants. There's no...
ALAN BATES

I do believe in living out your own time, unless it's absolutely impossible, which it is for som...
ALAN BATES

People ask, how do you cope, and all I can say is that you do.
ALAN BATES

You've got to have steel in you somewhere.
ALAN BATES

Of course, you start with dreams of being a star. You want recognition, public recognition. And why ...
SIR ALAN BATES

Our defense has kept us in many games. It's strong, solid and ready to go. I can't commend my defens...
AIMEE BATES

After the game I told the kids not to focus too much on the loss and try to focus more on the huge s...
AIMEE BATES

This is the greatest season. My kids have good team chemistry and they have executed well on the fie...
AIMEE BATES

We're trying to just stay focused on this game and play this game. We'd like to have a district cham...
AIMEE BATES

No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her won way is without enemies.
DAISY BATES

Opinions differ most when there is least scientific warrant for having any.
DAISY BATES

The man who never makes a mistake always takes orders from one who does. No man or woman who tries t...
DAISY BATES

She's good, let's be honest. She came up huge, struck out a lot of people.
ABBIE BATES

We've been working on relays a lot in practice ? and we've made some mistakes ? but it's nice to kno...
ABBIE BATES

We're comfortable with each other and know when to go back door and where to look for the open playe...
ABBIE BATES

Our goal is to keep our turnovers under 15 for the game. When we are up, we like to pull it out and ...
ABBIE BATES

Research is the process of going up alleys to see if they are blind.
MARSTON BATES

No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her own way is without enemies
DAISY BATES

I'm not that conservative. I do feel - I guess I'm more of a Democrat at heart, although I&#...
KATHY BATES

Microsoft is committed to the ubiquity of the Skype experience - communication across every device a...
TONY BATES

They've begun to sense the volatility of the (trade) issue.
BATES GILL

The Chinese view of the United States is quite suspicious, ... They are not certain of what our stra...
BATES GILL

Given China's record as a launching pad for other infectious diseases, transparency remains a big co...
BATES GILL

Economic problems are going to rise to the surface. Therefore, more Chinese firms will be turning fo...
BATES GILL

These events provide ample justification to those in China who want to see a slowing or even bringin...
BATES GILL

It seems the Chinese would like to proceed and get back to business as usual with the United States ...
BATES GILL

The lobbying seems consistent to me, ... In other words, as the U.S.-China relationship has become m...
BATES GILL

It's becoming more focused, more modern, better trained, better equipped than it has ever been acros...
BATES GILL

[Experts say economic concerns are going to dominate discussions about China in Congress in the next...
BATES GILL

If the Chinese goof around and hold on to them, there could be a real firestorm tomorrow. But both s...
BATES GILL

And people are always saying: 'Well, you go to Hollywood and you get yourself a film career or a...
KATHY BATES

When you set a goal, it's a personal thing, and that goal should be very big, hairy and audaciou...
TONY BATES

He's a great shooter and takes the ball to the hole.
BRIAN BATES

His leadership is outstanding. He's got a feel for things. He had 10 steals against Carlson, and tha...
BRIAN BATES

In the second half we played better defense and got running.
BRIAN BATES

Gill played very well, hit some unbelievable shots. He's only 5-feet-5-inches tall. I don't know how...
BRIAN BATES

Their right fielder was complaining about the sun when they were warming up. We talked about it and ...
BRANDON BATES

I need to get my slider back. You can't throw fastballs and a change and get these guys out. They ar...
BRANDON BATES

We've been hitting the ball and we hit it again today. It's 10 times easier to pitch when you score ...
BRANDON BATES

When we picked the date, we didn't have any idea that I would be coaching the varsity.
BRANDON BATES

The double plays saved my life today.
BRANDON BATES

We've had a slow start. We had spring break and we've had the second game of three doubleheaders can...
BRANDON BATES

As far as defensive post play, Pope is the best I've seen. She may be the best shot-blocker in the s...
BOBBY BATES

If she doesn't rebound, we don't rebound. It's almost as if we refuse to rebound.
BOBBY BATES

She can't get tired, she can't get in foul trouble because she means too much to us out there. If sh...
BOBBY BATES

She came over and sat down and we talked for about an hour and a half that day and for the first tim...
BOBBY BATES

She had that goal since her freshman year and she finally did it.
BOBBY BATES

I was always impressed with how hard she played and that hasn't changed since she's been here. I kne...
BOBBY BATES

They're so athletic and if you turn it over against them, they're laying it up at the other end. We ...
BOBBY BATES

That's kind of our calling card, we're going to press and run. I thought we played pretty good the f...
BOBBY BATES

The reality is there are cranes all over campus.
BRAD BATES

Theft [has] been an ongoing problem for us in many of the homes we build in different neighborhoods....
BRAD BATES

His very nature is to be incredibly enthusiastic and energetic. It certainly has an infectious impac...
BRAD BATES

The goal for the campaign is $30 million. Actually, we're doing fantastic. The target date is to hav...
BRAD BATES

In the next 12 months we our plan was to build 25 homes but we are doubling our initiative to build ...
BRAD BATES

When we lose the materials the cost goes back to the families and that's what we try not to do.
BRAD BATES

With Skype video calling, teachers can provide their students with first-hand knowledge from experts...
TONY BATES

It's probably not one thing. There are probably a couple of small, different things that are conspir...
CHRIS BATES

I was never an ingenue. I've always just been a character actor. When I was younger, it was a re...
KATHY BATES

[The poster] would have been a picture of an ass, with the cast coming out of the crack.
PAUL BATES

In order to break your child’s negative cycle, you must first break your own cycle of negative per...
DANIEL BATES

For this tax liability, it wouldn't matter how long a person held the fund. It would only matter how...
BILL BATES

If it's a seesaw, it's a little bit tilted in favor of renters. If the occupancy trend continues, th...
CHRIS BATES

The fact that everything's increasing reflects the healthier economy.
CHRIS BATES

It's an interesting contradiction, and it's happening everywhere.
CHRIS BATES

We have to wait another quarter to see if it continues.
CHRIS BATES

San Diego is out of step with the rest of Southern California. It is the worst performer.
CHRIS BATES

What we want to share in our Small Business Summit is the myriad ways that we're investing in meetin...
CINDY BATES

He did a good job throughout the preseason of limiting the penalties. He had a couple spells where h...
JIM BATES

It was just a great baseball game. Win or lose, obviously you don't want to lose, but you could unde...
CHRIS BATES

Brandy is friendly, but Dori is aloof.
BETH BATES

As for the future of student government we can only hope that the new president isn't polishing the ...
ANDY BATES

We want to be able to give you a better student government. We truly want to give you a new vision.
ANDY BATES

We can start off small.
ANDY BATES

Well, when you have as many young players as we have, until they put a stamp on the position, it can...
JIM BATES

Then they can develop a portfolio in a manner that's worthwhile to the company.
ANDREA BATES

You need a plan. A lot of companies are in a wait-and-see mode and that's dangerous.
ANDREA BATES

Creativity is inherent in all successful businesses. Business does not have to be so boring or cut a...
ANDREA BATES

There's so much joy in being able to contribute a little bit, ... It's not a lot of time or money bu...
BETH BATES

This is like having a special-needs child. She still, after all this time, won't let me reach out an...
BETH BATES

It's not behaving like the rest of the Riverside County area. The rates of increase are lower than w...
CHRIS BATES

[Bates had explored some of the themes of the story — depression, overcoming fears — before. Mar...
KATHY BATES

There's only maybe two pages in Jane's book that deals with the marriage because she was really talk...
KATHY BATES

We do our best to do away with ceremonial Christianity and do just what the Bible says. We're Bible ...
JOHN BATES

The expanded relationship with Best Buy is the latest in our continued efforts to forge and expand p...
CINDY BATES

I felt like we swung at a lot of balls and took a lot of strikes. Tonight, he struck out three in th...
CHRIS BATES

The market is probably steadily, boringly, going to continue the way that it is.
CHRIS BATES

It's huge. But really, there's ways we disguise it that there's eight so you can't recognize it. But...
JIM BATES

The Bay Area is stabilizing as the economy is showing nice, steady growth -- unlike what was happeni...
CHRIS BATES

Newer complexes generally go for higher rents than older ones.
CHRIS BATES

I was struck by the deep commitment that some of these individuals have for green building and the n...
BILL BATES

If they have a placard, they think they shouldn't have to pay the fine.
BILL BATES

The current bills are cleaner, more taxpayer-friendly. There's no fooling around with the complexity...
BILL BATES

I can't imagine what happens when the fine goes up to $250.
BILL BATES

We have come to look at our planet as a resource for our species, which is funny when you think that...
MARSTON BATES

I need two things in my life - football and a good woman, and I have a good woman.
KEN BATES

She has no social skills, ... And her paws were so tender from being in the cage. She's come a long ...
BETH BATES

I'm worried that this could end up being the legacy of the trip. Whether it is perceived as a simple...
BATES GILL

All children are curious and I wonder by what process this trait becomes developed in some and suppr...
MARSTON BATES

I respond to many names.
Sometimes I am different people.
Sometimes I am the me that howls...
JESSICA BATES

This is not a men vs women issue. It’s about people vs prejudice.
LAURA BATES

High demands and expectations without skill development, encouragement or the feeling of a “win”...
DANIEL BATES

If we direct our intention toward doing (when possible) that which seems meaningful right now and no...
JORDAN BATES

I think we should fare well in our league. We do run against some schools, like Norwell, that have u...
DON BATES

Leg speed is one of those things your either born with or not. But endurance is something that you c...
DON BATES

You can tell he's been training and working hard. He's shown a lot of improvement.
DON BATES

We are so thankful to be able to provide the kids with extra types of activities in this day and age...
DAWNA BATES

The skate park will give the kids opportunities to skate, so we feel that with this program, we can ...
DAWNA BATES

It fits in with our goal to make lifelong learners of the students, and we feel that in-line skating...
DAWNA BATES

...this pattern of casual intrusion whereby women could be leered at, touched, harassed, and abused ...
LAURA BATES

It's just one of those things he's got to be on top of. We've got to do a good job of coaching him w...
JIM BATES

It helps facilitate the cross sell on other products such as disability because it frees up time in ...
DAMON BATES

We wanted to develop a tool to make it easier for clients to understand how much life insurance they...
DAMON BATES

Research showed that people don't understand how much life insurance they should own or how to figur...
DAMON BATES

Opinions differ most when there is least scientific warrant for having any
DAISY BATES

Things are pretty even. I'd be hard-pressed to name a No. 1 pitcher right now. It's a fairly inexper...
DAVE BATES

We have young kids who need to produce in key spots. Bob is a good No. 2 guy and Marcus has a real s...
DAVE BATES

I look for a role that hopefully I feel empathy with and that I can understand and love, but also th...
KATHY BATES

There's too much of an emphasis on protecting the police. We want the police officers, everyone invo...
DAVID BATES

With approval from the Scoutmaster, and the right advance planning, patrols of boys in their young t...
DAVID BATES

Scouts are more likely to have an appreciation for things they know something about.
DAVID BATES

Each situation can be different, depending on where you are. Objective rules are less important than...
DAVID BATES

It's a shame we have to come to Washington, D.C., to get people from different countries deal with i...
DAVID BATES

We have officials in Chicago who could deal with it but they don't want to deal with it,
DAVID BATES

combining the results of small, heterogeneous studies does not necessarily bring one closer to the t...
DAVID BATES

We view small businesses as critically important, and we are investing significantly in bringing pro...
CINDY BATES

Five coaches in six years, there's been no stability here. I've got a point guard who's had a differ...
COLEMAN BATES

It's definitely the most intense game we've played this year. The kids were fighting hard. They need...
COLEMAN BATES

Obviously I can relate to them some ways better than older coaches. Sometimes I've had to establish ...
COLEMAN BATES

We came out with the game plan to go inside and have defensive intensity. And about midway through t...
COLEMAN BATES

To change is to vacate the past and move ever-closer to the end of our story.
JORDAN BATES

...I never would have seen Chelsea reach up, take Logan's face in her hands, and kiss him. So the of...
MARNI BATES

The major was very interested in the mountains, and we in turn were very interested in the major, a ...
H.E. BATES

We'd like to expand onto the west side of the same building into a little more visible spot so that ...
IAN BATES

As soon as we got support [from grounds keeping and facilities management] for that, we started buil...
IAN BATES

For the price of the ticket, this is the best you can get in the state of Ohio. From a coach's persp...
LEROY BATES

I think we're a much better team now. The kids are finally performing the way we thought they could ...
LEROY BATES

With all due respect, we do not believe a move to a location in Madisonville that is approximately t...
LARRY BATES

Issuers are looking to Canada to get international bond deals done. Until last year, many Canadian i...
LARRY BATES

There is room for significant growth in the maple market as Canadian investors continue to look to d...
LARRY BATES

I try to feel my own edges in the
low light. I send my mind to the
outer edges of me —...
JESSICA BATES

I think it's the best thing for them, playing in honor of Brad, and I think they are focused complet...
KATHY BATES

It's the game Brad loved, and he would have wanted us to play.
KATHY BATES

We need to let black America know, we do want you, but we want you on the terms of the United States...
KATHY BATES

For me as a director, it was important to create this couple as truthfully as I possibly could. Beca...
KATHY BATES

They sent the material to me as an actress, ... I liked it so much, and I identified with the charac...
KATHY BATES

That really happened when Robin came on board, ... He wanted Michael [Stern] to be a real man, not j...
KATHY BATES

[The first few days on the set were] sort of my trial by fire, ... Once you've set the scene, and yo...
KATHY BATES

what informs her, both as an actress and as a director, is that she's a keen observer of the human c...
KATHY BATES

Every time an Oscar is given out, an agent gets his wings.
KATHY BATES

Just wait until we rewrite the moderation system. It's going to be sexy.
JEFF BATES

The ego value of that is huge.
JEFF BATES

The weather has been a huge help.
JEFF BATES

Don?t buy stocks based on tips. If the stock is going up and everyone is buying it, it?s a good chan...
MARTIN BATES

We're so excited to have him. The wonderful part about the Granite School District Police Department...
MARTIN BATES

What this bill does in its heart is allow one group of people to affect education and taxes of other...
MARTIN BATES

If to join the club you have to say I'm gay or I'm straight, sure, that's a label. But (the word gay...
MARTIN BATES

We?re in it for the long term. We expect to hold a stock at least five or 10 years.
MARTIN BATES

The media sector has been a bit weak, but there is not one particular influence for why it has been ...
PAUL BATES

Meeting new people with similar interests and learning all this stuff about making films has been a ...
MATT BATES

Our intent is to comply with the director [of the FMCS], We've been asked not to do that. We were as...
MATT BATES

There's going to have be a lot done before we reach an agreement, but we're hopeful we can get there...
MATT BATES

If things don't change rather substantially from where they were yesterday, then we're looking at a ...
MATT BATES

Drama comes more naturally to me. It's the comedy you really have to delve into.
KATHY BATES

I have to pay the bills just like everybody else, but it also pays my soul to work.
KATHY BATES

The roles I was lucky enough to get were real stretches for me: usually a character who was older, o...
KATHY BATES

For a long time I did not want to do television because I did not want to get stuck playing the same...
KATHY BATES

It was awesome,
ROBERT BATES

How can I believe the people that say women have equal rights? When the worst insult a man can be ca...
LAURA BATES

We picked it up, kept it alive and played a better game after the second half.
WIN BATES

The future ain't what it used to be.
LEWIS J. BATES

The year goes wrong, and tares grow strong, Hope starves without a crumb; But God's time is ou...
LEWIS J. BATES

The joy late coming late departs.
LEWIS J. BATES

America, America, God shed His grace on thee, and crown thy good with brotherhood, from sea to shini...
KATHERINE LEE BATES

Unapologetically smitten with thunderstorms...the thought of rough sex beneath an acid washed moon a...
BRANDI L. BATES

O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountains majesties ...
KATHARINE LEE BATES

They shall not pass till the stars be darkened: Two swords crossed in front of the Hun; Never ...
KATHARINE LEE BATES

Cruel and cold is the judgment of man, Cruel as winter, and cold as the snow; But by-and-by wi...
LEWIS J. BATES

Besides alligators, the only animals to be feared are the poisonous serpents. These are certainly co...
HENRY WALTER BATES

We cannot afford to have any large section of the business world in doubt whether they have broken t...
JOHN BATES CLARK

Love planted a rose, and the world turned sweet.
KATHARINE LEE BATES

It is the hour to rend thy chains, the blossom time of souls.
KATHARINE LEE BATES

Shakespeare's frequent horseback journeys from London to Stratford, and from Stratford to London...
KATHARINE LEE BATES

Warwick Castle, built of the very centuries, cannot be expected to alter with time's 'brief ...
KATHARINE LEE BATES

The habit of begging, that plague of tourist resorts, is an incessant nuisance on the Alhambra hill.
KATHARINE LEE BATES

A taste for the best reading is not cultivated in Spanish girls, even where the treasures of that gr...
KATHARINE LEE BATES

The life of Liverpool is commerce; it is a city of warehouses and shops.
KATHARINE LEE BATES

I have always tried to work according to what affects me, to a script that I like because it touches me in some way, without deliberately pursuing a commercial career or a particular image.

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I have always tried to work according to what affects me, to a script that I like because it touches me in some way, without deliberately pursuing a commercial career or a particular image.

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