Douglas Alexander Quotes
I do think our challenge is to balance credibility and a clear message about how we would reduce the deficit with boldness about the choices that we put before the public.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm profoundly lucky. I really like it. I really like my work. I've liked it since I was 5 years old.
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Doing voice-over work is something that I love to do, and it is a lot of fun at the same time.
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I'm a compulsive reader of fiction. I fell in love with novels when I was a teenager. My wife Marilyn and I... our initial friendship began because we are both readers. I've gone to sleep almost every night of my life after having read in a novel for 30 or 40 minutes. I'm a great reader of fiction and much less so of non-fiction.
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There comes a time when money doesn't matter.
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There's nobody else that can double me - except for a doll.
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For me, great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music.
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There is a lot of opportunity sitting in global healthcare business. I think there is a strong opportunity to build upon for further growth.
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War is the greatest failure of mankind.
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I'm a serial dater. When I see someone I like, we go on multiple dates.
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Police are not all bad guys. Nobody is all bad guys.
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What Shakespeare was able to do in English he would certainly not have done in French.
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It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality.
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The only thing documentary filmmakers have to work with, at least the way I make films, is trust. That's been true of everyone from James Carville and George Stephanopoulos to the kids in 'American High' to the soldiers in 'Military Diaries' to Anna Wintour to Dick Cheney.
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I don't putt face-on exclusively, but in the back on my mind I'm haunted by the notion that I'm sure it's the best way to putt.
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I can't speak for the other authors, but what I hoped to achieve was to illuminate certain corners of the Lucas universe that hadn't yet been explored.
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There's nothing so unattractive as vanity... particularly male vanity.
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What works for a man, still does not work for a woman - both in terms of how they see themselves and how we see them.
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The scientist is motivated primarily by curiosity and a desire for truth.
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There was always Helmut Newton coffee table books around when I was growing up.
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One challenge in this industry is that you adopt a certain look for a movie, and then people don't get to see the movie for a year!
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I love TV now, and 'Modern Family,' but what draws me back to theater is that initial instinct of wanting to be a theater actor. I love the challenge of starting a play and not stopping until you finish. I love the immediacy of trusting your instincts.
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I can't change history, I don't want to change history. I can only change the future. I'm working on that.
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I do think our challenge is to balance credibility and a clear message about how we would reduce the deficit with boldness about the choices that we put before the public.
