Woody Allen

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Showing up is 80 percent of life.

Woody Allen

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How to succeed Success

Speaker

Woody Allen

Source

The New York Times

Language

English

Time

1977 1970s 20th century

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Allen, Woody. Quoted in "He's Woody Allen's 1‐1‐Silent Partner." Written by Susan Braudy. The New York Times, 21 Aug. 1977.

I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it through not dying.

Woody Allen

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Immortality through art Artistic legacy Immortality Death

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Woody Allen

Source

On Being Funny: Woody Allen and His Comedy

Language

English

Time

1975 1970s 20th century

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Allen, Woody. Quoted in On Being Funny: Woody Allen and Comedy, written by Eric Lax. Charterhouse, 1975.

If it turns out that there is a God, I don't think that he's evil. I think that the worst you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever.

Woody Allen

Love and Death

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Nature of God Existence of God God

Speaker

Boris Grushenko

Actor

Woody Allen

Source

Love and Death

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1975 1970s 20th century

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Love and Death. Directed by Woody Allen, Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions, 1975.

The lion and the calf shall lie down together but the calf won't get much sleep.

Woody Allen

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Predator and prey Reconciliation

Author

Woody Allen

Source

The Scrolls

Language

English

Time

1975 1970s 20th century

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Allen, Woody. "The Scrolls." Without Feathers. Random House, 1975.

A relationship, I think, is like a shark, you know? It has to constantly move forward or it dies, and I think what we got on our hands is a dead shark.

Annie Hall

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Failed relationships Relationships

Speaker

Alvy Singer

Actor

Woody Allen

Source

Annie Hall

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy drama (film) Romantic comedy (film) Comedy drama Romantic comedy

Language

English

Time

1977 1970s 20th century

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Annie Hall. Directed by Woody Allen, A Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe Production, 1977.

Don't knock masturbation, it's sex with someone I love.

Annie Hall

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Masturbation

Speaker

Alvy Singer

Actor

Woody Allen

Source

Annie Hall

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Statement Type

Joke

Language

English

Time

1977 1970s 20th century

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Annie Hall. Directed by Woody Allen, A Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe Production, 1977.

I don't want to live in a city where the only cultural advantage is you can make a right turn on a red light.

Annie Hall

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Los Angeles

Speaker

Alvy Singer

Actor

Woody Allen

Source

Annie Hall

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy drama (film) Romantic comedy (film) Comedy drama Romantic comedy

Language

English

Time

1977 1970s 20th century

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Annie Hall. Directed by Woody Allen, A Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe Production, 1977.

I feel that life is divided into the horrible and the miserable. That's the two categories. You know, the horrible be like, I don't know, terminal cases, you know blind people, crippled. I don't know how they get through life, it's amazing to me. And the miserable is everyone else. So when you go through life, you should be thankful that you're miserable, because you're very lucky, to be miserable.

Annie Hall

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The human condition

Speaker

Alvy Singer

Actor

Woody Allen

Source

Annie Hall

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy drama (film) Romantic comedy (film) Comedy drama Romantic comedy

Language

English

Time

1977 1970s 20th century

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Annie Hall. Directed by Woody Allen, A Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe Production, 1977.

If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank.

Woody Allen

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Existence of God God

Author

Woody Allen

Source

The New Yorker

Medium

Magazine

Statement Type

Joke

Language

English

Time

1973 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Allen, Woody. "Selections from the Allen Notebooks." New Yorker, 5 Nov. 1973.