Douglas Alexander Quotes
There's no doubt that what has emerged in the years after 9/11, unlike the situation in Britain, there were practices sanctioned in the U.S. that fall far below the standard of conduct that should have taken place. It is for the American system of government, in all of its branches, to address that. It is not for a British politician.
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We think of writing a book as a process, but the very word - process - suggests that there is one: a template to follow, a map to guide us. If that were true, someone would have surely figured out some marketable method we could all buy.
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Yeah, I have animosity, a chip on my shoulder. But I love, too.
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Elvis was a big influence to my music, but Loretta Lynn was, as well.
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In the investment business, you must expect to be wrong.
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I don't play anymore, because I know I'm not going to be a pro golfer. So there's no reason to golf.
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I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.
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It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.
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If England became a world power, it was because of the industrial revolution.
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The fact is that since you're a divine creation who originated in the world of Spirit, you have exactly the right amount of smarts to accomplish all that you need and want to do while you're here on earth. It's all perfect... and so are you!
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The best of us must sometimes eat our words.
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I'm happiest when I'm moving.
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I don't believe we have defined health care reform very well in this country.
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OKCupid's model is almost entirely based on advertising, which is the way most online media is monetized these days, whether it's the news or whether it's sports, and we think online dating is going to evolve in the exact same way.
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Explosions are not comfortable.
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I'd started acting as a child. But I wanted to see if it was something my true personality was interested in. I stepped away from offers when I took five years off to go to college. I've only really just decided to whole-heartedly embrace acting.
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Beauty is the promise of happiness.
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God does arithmetic.
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Regardless of some disagreements in the past with Dr. Kissinger, I personally had a very good relationship with the secretary when I served as ambassador to the United States and later on as premier.
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What your beliefs are about anything creates your actions. What you believe about marriage creates the way you handle your marriage. What you believe about raising kids creates the way you do that.
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What the fossil record does do is to force us to contemplate our place on the planet. We are but one species of several hominids that inhabited Planet Earth, and like our distant cousins who went extinct fairly recently, our time on Planet Earth is also finite.
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There is nothing quite so depressing as waking up to face a day when you know that you are going to have to deal with a government office or bureaucrat.
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The fall of man did not introduce evil; it placed us on the wrong side of it, under its rule, needing rescue.
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Effort plus motive equals result.
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There's no doubt that what has emerged in the years after 9/11, unlike the situation in Britain, there were practices sanctioned in the U.S. that fall far below the standard of conduct that should have taken place. It is for the American system of government, in all of its branches, to address that. It is not for a British politician.
