Douglas Alexander Quotes
This Network Generation have grown up in a connected world. With Skype, Facebook, Twitter and the Internet, the world is at their fingertips via their smart phone. They find the idea of watching TV programmes at a time to suit the broadcaster quaint and old-fashioned.
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A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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An increase in light gives an increase in darkness.
Sam Francis
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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
Barbara Bush
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I've always believed that a good twist is one that, when it is presented to the audience, half of them say, 'I saw that coming.' And half of them are completely and totally shocked. Because if you don't have the half that saw it coming, then it wasn't fair: You never gave the audience a chance to guess it.
Damon Lindelof
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Until now, I was insecure and I believed what the people around me said in regarding what I should sing.
Namie Amuro
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I call Washington 'the city of the perishable.'
Nancy Pelosi
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At no point am I ever threatened by people who question who I am, or why I like the things I do, or my legitimacy. Because I know who I am very strongly, and I think that's what geek culture can reinforce.
Felicia Day
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
Irving Layton
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Acting is great therapy - you get to do things you'd normally get arrested for.
Ian McShane
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I started writing 'The Lord of Opium' in 2008 and produced about 80 pages before disaster struck. Three eye operations nearly put an end to my career.
Nancy Farmer
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I've never had any desire to be good. I don't like goodness particularly.
Hanif Kureishi
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Like any small business owner, I experienced the pressures of building a company from the ground up - developing a business plan, balancing the books, meeting payroll and building a customer base.
Gavin Newsom
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If you only believe that you're an artist when you have a big advance in your pocket and a single coming out, I would say that's quite soulless. You have to have a sense of your own greatness and your own ability from a very deep place inside you. I am the one with the litmus test in my hands of what people need to hear next.
Lady Gaga
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I'm very fortunate to have gotten past the cancer problem.
Jack Ramsay
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We saw - we conducted the experiment. I mean, it's been done. We saw Apple with Steve Jobs. We saw Apple without Steve Jobs. We saw Apple with Steve Jobs. Now, we're gonna see Apple without Steve Jobs.
Larry Ellison
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It's more important to try to do something for the crores of poor people of my country.
Imran Khan
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Healthcare is a very complicated business and you need a very different business model to be successful in India; yet at a global level, there are a lot of challenges and opportunities.
Malvinder Mohan Singh
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When Christ died, He died for you individually just as much as if you'd been the only man in the world.
C. S. Lewis
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Everybody likes a compliment.
Abraham Lincoln
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He took my music, but he gave me my name.
Muddy Waters
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I greatly fear some of America's greatest and most dangerous enemies are such as think themselves her best friends.
Nathan Hale
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I sort of consider myself a comedic actress, not a comedienne. I think it's different. You know, I'm not a stand-up or anything, but playing into comedic situations is sort of where, I think, my strength lies.
Zooey Deschanel
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If you're dealing with personal kind of acting, you're not going to want to open up and expose it to everybody, because that's where the power lies, you know? It would be a little like showing your hand in poker, and then hoping you can still win.
Jim Parrack
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This Network Generation have grown up in a connected world. With Skype, Facebook, Twitter and the Internet, the world is at their fingertips via their smart phone. They find the idea of watching TV programmes at a time to suit the broadcaster quaint and old-fashioned.
Douglas Alexander