Douglas Alexander Quotes
Kneejerk interventionism or kneejerk isolationism is the wrong course for Britain.
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Acting is an odd lifestyle. You make deep bonds quickly and, though you move on, you go around on a loop and see people again.
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I don't watch much television. My old TV agent used to always get mad at me because he'd send me out on auditions and I'd be like, 'What's this show?' and he'd be like, 'It's literally the top show on television.' I wasn't allowed to watch TV as a kid.
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There are times in my life when I just want to be by myself.
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The State of Israel was not established by anxiety but, rather, through pride.
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The only thing that I discovered very early on is that, even though we might change schools and cities and towns and states, the books in the library were the same. They had the same covers. They had the same characters. I could go and visit those people in the library as if I knew them.
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We all need to slow down and go to acupuncture.
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I think all kinds of meanings in life transcend your self. They're linked to other generations of people around us, to our children and our family. We're passing on something of ourselves to others. I feel that's what makes our life full of meaning.
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My English was limited to vacationing and not really engaging with Americans. I knew 'shopping' and 'eating' English - I could say 'blue sweater,' 'creme brulee,' and 'Caesar salad,' - so I came here thinking I spoke English.
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A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this - that offences against Charity are about the only ones which men on their death-beds can be made - not to understand - but to feel - as crime.
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When I paint, I definitely live in the present, like someone in a shower whistling or singing.
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I wouldn't like to be a character in one of my books!
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It's funny, because readers think they want the characters to be blissfully happy, but it makes it kind of boring for the reader.
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If I am elected president, every militant on the face of the planet will know, if you go and join ISIS, if you wage jihad on the United States of America, if you attempt to murder innocent Americans you are signing your death warrant.
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I always think that struggle can bring out the best in people - or the worst.
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Now, I have a kid, I have businesses to take care of, I have to travel. I have to sit down... and find a little time for me.
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If there's ever any point in my life where I could meet Jennifer Aniston, I think that'd be pretty incredible!
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The sea with an end can be Greek or Roman: the endless sea is Portuguese.
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I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail.
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I really enjoy listening to players on the cusp of swing into bebop like Charlie Shavers, Clifford Brown and Clark Terry. They balance immense facility on their instrument with rhythm, melody, and more complex harmonies of the time.
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If ESPN ever kicked me out the door and I had to get back to coach, I have to stay on top of what's going on.
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The late, great Joan Rivers actually gave me so much advice, and she was so nice to me before she passed.
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Everything in the world is actually connected. That means, even if we get separated, we'll never be alone
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Yesterday is a cancelled check. Today is cash on the line. Tomorrow is a promissory note.
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Kneejerk interventionism or kneejerk isolationism is the wrong course for Britain.
