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Sentence structure is innate, but whining is acquired.

Woody Allen

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Woody Allen
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: December 1
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Allan Stewart Konigsberg
Allen Stewart Konigsberg
Heywood Allen
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Everything is controlled by a small evil group to which, unfortunately, no one we know belongs.
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Culturally speaking, I was raised in a Jewish household. In addition to the religious side of it, I was taught respect for books and learning and the higher professions like medicine and law and teaching.
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Let's say there was a burning building and you could rush in and you could save only one thing: either the last known copy of Shakespeare's plays or some anonymous human being. What would you do?
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I think there is too much wrong with the world to ever get too relaxed and happy. The more natural state, and the better one, I think, is one of some anxiety and tension over man's plight in this mysterious universe.
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When I first started, there were writers that I looked up to that I felt very influenced by and very respectful toward their work and their opinion of my work.
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Therefore, to be unhappy one must love, or love to suffer, or suffer from too much happiness. I hope you're getting this down.
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There's nothing wrong with you that a little Prozac and a polo mallet can't cure.
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I've always been interested in being in other people's movies. I never get any offers.
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I've become the person I've always hated, but I'm happier.
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This sounds so bleak when I say it, but we need some delusions to keep us going. And the people who successfully delude themselves seem happier than the people who can't.
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If I had my choice in life I would have had the gifts of Tennessee Williams or Eugene O'Neill. Unfortunately my gifts lie in comedy and so comedy comes fairly easy to me and I occasionally have an idea for a very serious piece and I do it, but the ideas don't come that readily to me.
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To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering one must not love. But then one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer. Not to love is to suffer.
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Bisexuality immediately doubles your chances for a date on Saturday night.
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I love the rain - it washes memories off the sidewalk of life.
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Is there a separation between body and mind, and if so which is it better to have?
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Confidence is what you have before you understand the problem.
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I have no idea what I am doing but incompetence has never prevented me from plunging in with enthusiasm.
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I have a limitless amount of great music at my disposal and it's very, very pleasurable because when the music goes on the film it's amazing how much it livens up the film and gives it an emotional kick in the pants, sort of.
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Never shoot up in the air when you're standing under it.
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Some people want to achieve immortality through their works or their descendants. I prefer to achieve immortality by not dying.
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