Alastair Wood Quotes
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It must take account of what it decrees for today in order that today may not paralyze tomorrow.
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I profoundly feel that the art of living is the art of giving. You're fulfilled in the moment of giving, of doing something beyond yourself.
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I've had five weddings but if I'm really honest and if I count significant de factos... I've had nine husbands... which sounds appalling but when you consider I started at 18 and I'm 65 it's not so bad.
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For the traditional fantasies, a lot more of my research comes from reading rather than doing. I like my worlds to feel real, so I do a lot of world building research.
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We must assert to the Abrahamic people that we are the last extension of the Abrahamic religion... There is no such thing as an Islamic tribe.
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Every training session, I try to simulate the conditions similar to where I am racing.
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I went to New York City to Columbia University, and with the first directing exercise, I knew I was a director.
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I love the outdoors. I love climbing mountains.
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I grew a reputation for always asking questions and being nosy.
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Fortunately, I grew up in a family that was grounded. My mother and father knew how to guide my career and look out for my best interests.
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Dance has always been my passion, and I love it.
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As an actor, what I can do is tell the truth. At least, I hope I can tell the truth - a dramatic truth, but still an honest portrayal.
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And we have done more in the two and a half years that I've been in here than the previous 43 Presidents to uphold that principle, whether it's ending 'don't ask, don't tell,' making sure that gay and lesbian partners can visit each other in hospitals, making sure that federal benefits can be provided to same-sex couples.
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The most disturbing thing, I think, with people that do very morally devious things more and more often is to see that they completely feel that they had no choice in the matter.
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The principles governing Western democracies, of which Israel rightly considers itself a part, are based on the assurance that everyone has a vote, but also that the minority needs to yield to the wishes of the majority.
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'What can your kids teach you?' Well, I believe something different about kids. We don't own them, they have their own knowledge. From the start you have to make the choice to listen.
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Popular culture is simply a reflection of what the majority seems to want.
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I was about 13 or 14 when I heard Malcolm X's speech 'Message to the Grass Roots.'
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The severe portrait that is not the greatest joy in the world to the subject may be enormously interesting to the reader.
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Dick Mills was in charge of sound effects and all the rest then, and he put the voice through a ring modulator or whatever gizmos he'd got at the time to make it sound a little more electronic.
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I think each person you play has a little bit of you in it - you can't really help that.
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Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her frailty.
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Leadership is an opportunity to serve. It is not a trumpet call to self-importance.
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I think we need to think beyond the issue of absolute risk.
