#th

I was always much more shy. All I knew was that I loved to act. But I don't know about the other part of it. I'm not sure I had the chutzpah to go and prove yourself. ↗

— Joan Allen

#act #always #go #had #i

And across Afghanistan, every single day, Afghan soldiers, Afghan police and ISAF troops are serving shoulder-to-shoulder in some very difficult situations. And our engagement with them, our shoulder-to-shoulder relationship with them, our conduct of operations with them every single day defines the real relationship. ↗

— John R. Allen

#afghan #afghanistan #conduct #day #defines

There are tens of thousands of interactions every single day across Afghanistan between the Afghan troops and International Security Assistance Force. On most of those, every single day we continue to deepen and broaden the relationship we seek. ↗

— John R. Allen

#afghan #afghanistan #assistance #between #broaden

We're probably going to see some post-2014 military presence - some U.S. presence and a NATO presence - and while we've got much work to do in the next 29 months, we'll have additional time later for the continued professionalization of the Afghan security forces. ↗

— John R. Allen

#afghan #continued #forces #going #got

Eventually you love people - friends or lovers - because of their flaws. ↗

— Karen Allen

#eventually #flaws #friends #love #lovers

I've always done things the hard way. I was born like a piece of tangled yarn. The job is trying to untangle it, and I'll probably go on doing it for the rest of my life. ↗

— Karen Allen

#born #doing #done #go #hard

I find myself really feeling like it's possible that maybe the greater contribution I'm going to be able to make through this next phase of my life might be as a writer writing wonderful parts for women, or even writing wonderful parts for myself, you know? ↗

— Karen Allen

#contribution #even #feeling #find #going

I've never done anything for money. My first love is things of limited commercial appeal. I could be happy doing Shakespeare for the rest of my life. ↗

— Karen Allen

#appeal #be happy #commercial #could #doing

My son was born somewhat late in my life and I just found myself really feeling like I didn't want to miss out on being a parent and being with him, and not wanting a situation where I was constantly pulled back and forth between being present, and having all these other pressures and considerations. ↗

— Karen Allen

#being #between #born #considerations #constantly

There's something so wonderful about being an actor in New York. ↗

— Karen Allen

#actor #being #new #new york #something