Douglas Alexander Quotes
The depth of concern people feel about UKIP is not always matched by depth of understanding.
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One of the achievements of the reform movement is that people realize that they can be democrats and remain faithful Muslims. Democracy is now an established idea.
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It's just my natural way - to be funny. I don't know why that is. But as I've said, humor is a quick cover for shock, horror, confusion. The critics hate funny writers for the most part. They think funny is not serious, but I think that funny can be even more serious than nonfunny. And it can be more affecting, too.
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My agent and I put out my proposal one Thursday afternoon in August, 1998. Publishers started bidding immediately, and that process progressed for a few days.
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I just want to be part of great stories that are told and for them to be relevant.
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And we have done more in the two and a half years that I've been in here than the previous 43 Presidents to uphold that principle, whether it's ending 'don't ask, don't tell,' making sure that gay and lesbian partners can visit each other in hospitals, making sure that federal benefits can be provided to same-sex couples.
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I think who you are in school really sticks with you.
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Growing up, there were TV shows that were very funny but very traditional. Classic things like 'Fawlty Towers,' obviously, and 'Blackadder' were pretty traditionally shot. And then there were the ones that start to break the mold or be really ambitious. The ones that spring particularly to mind would be 'The Young Ones.'
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The difficult part was to tell the world that I was finishing.
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Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.
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If I don't eat something after I work out, I get shaky and cranky - not a good combination when you're a television host.
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I personally have a pretty open philosophy about trying to talk to the press, and so does Dan Bartlett.
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On Career Day in high school, you don't walk around looking for the cartoon guy.
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Would you believe I never went to a hockey game when I was living in Canada?
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I guess one that wouldn't be obvious is - well, maybe it's super obvious, I can't tell - 'I Love Lucy' is my favorite show, going back to when I was 4. I've watched every episode I don't know how many times. It was something to watch women being funny when I was young.
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When you work for something, you appreciate it more. So what are y'all going to do with all the opportunities you inherited that you didn't have to work for?
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No one wants to see curvy women.
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The psychological trauma of losing a job can be as great as the trauma of a divorce.
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Inconvenience yourself: ditch the remote, the garage door opener, the leaf-blower; buy a bike, broom, rake, and snow shovel.
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You can tell when someone is driven by labels. If something is couture, they think it's important and wear it and sometimes make a terrible fashion mistake. People are shocked that I know so little about designers.
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It's not my fault that people don't know me. I'm going to speak my mind, no matter what the consequences are.
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I like to feel and understand people's contentment with what I've done.
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If you have a film that's talking about God, you would think that it would appeal to people that consider themselves religious, whatever denomination they're attached to.
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A good cause can become bad if we fight for it with means that are indiscriminately murderous. A bad cause can become good if enough people fight for it in a spirit of comradeship and self-sacrifice. In the end it is how you fight, as much as why you fight, that makes your cause good or bad.
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The depth of concern people feel about UKIP is not always matched by depth of understanding.
