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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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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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 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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I don't often get involved with campaigns at all.
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I'm not comically oriented. I get angry and I start complaining and then people start laughing. I don't even want them to laugh half the time.
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There are so many ways to talk with the people who appreciate my help.
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Everybody has to find out: who are you? What do you believe in?
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I think every fight is different based on who is fighting.
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I don't want to rap forever. But I want to be rich forever.
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There is one system of justice, demanding that all be held accountable when laws are broken.
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I've messed myself up more playing music than when I played football.
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I think we need to think beyond the issue of absolute risk.
