Douglas Alexander Quotes
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I find it fascinating that a lot of business books that do well are from people who've never made any money in business.
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Bond? It is a bit like saying, 'Do you want to play Superman?' Anyone would dream of it. It's one of the most coveted roles in film. I'd be honoured. But I don't know if it will actually happen. I'm just happy with the idea of being associated with it. It's nice there's a lot of good will.
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I love being a performer. It's like a hole that never closes. It's something in you that never dies.
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To make money, I did portraits . The truth is so bizarre! I'm kind of embarrassed. I was like a 19th-century pirate painter. I'd say, 'Your mom would love a painting of you!' A salesman! I'd hawk paintings.
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I believe the collapse of the House of Windsor is tied in with the collapse of the Church of England.
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Identify your niche and dominate it. And when I say dominate, I just mean work harder than anyone else could possibly work at it.
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I don't believe in having spaces in the home that don't get used. We pay so much for square footage that to waste it is criminal.
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I love going to the cinema. Whenever I get time off, that's where I go.
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My best decision was to choose to go to Wall Street over law. I learned a lot and focused on the expanding software industry at a time when the independent software industry was just beginning.
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The ownership of computers in the home is far less than the statistics show, because usually when the computer breaks down once, that is the end of it for a long, long time. They do not have the money or incentive to get the computer repaired.
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The Oculus Studio stuff is going to remain exclusive to the Oculus store and platform. That's not to say that you'll never be able to play it on other hardware, but it very much is exclusive to the Oculus platform.
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I never played with anything like toys.
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In Romania, we have pledged to create a modern public service: well-educated, appropriately rewarded and above all, de-politicized.
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If you must get rid of a roach, use mechanical control.
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People want a grounded government. They want a government that's going to be responsible to them.
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Comedy is a comfortable yet challenging place for me. I will always feel an inner pressure to do my best and to improve.
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The great thing about Ticketmaster is that it's seen as the comprehensive site for ticketing, artist information, venue information. We're a marketing platform, not just a technology platform, and we're going to build on it.
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The fact is, there are far more customers for American products outside of the U.S. than there are here at home. With open markets and a level playing field, American workers can out-compete workers anywhere in the world.
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I don't want to run for governor, but I don't think anyone should put public service out of the question because that's not what a good citizen does.
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Man is not made better by being degraded.
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You don't read in your own field. You read in that field when you're young, so that you can learn.
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A politics that defines itself by difference holds no appeal for me.
