Alesha Dixon Quotes
The most important thing for me, when somebody asks me what I class as being a success, is being a decent human being.
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Nothing graces the Christian soul so much as mercy; mercy as shown chiefly towards the poor, that thou mayest treat them as sharers in common with thee in the produce of nature, which brings forth the fruits of the earth for use to all.
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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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Democratic politicians, liberal activists and liberal news outlets routinely deploy incendiary rhetoric and wicked accusations to marginalize Republicans.
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I can now say that the more I learnt about Islam, the more tolerant I became.
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I'm constitutionally incapable of working on planes or trains, and airports are definitely out.
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We have to embrace the good over the bad. That has to be one's personal project.
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Comic book readers tend to be pretty secular and anti-authoritarian; nothing is above satire in their eyes.
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You never want to sound bitter about critics, because they're entitled to do their job, too, but I place much more trust in a person who I can look in the eye and someone who I know I share some kind of taste with - so my friends, for instance. For me, a critic is unknown and therefore irrelevant.
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Actually, I didn't make the claim that Ruby follows the principle of least surprise. Someone felt the design of Ruby follows that philosophy, so they started saying that. I didn't bring that up, actually.
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To do more of a concert thing, it takes so much preparation. You don't just show up and wing it. You're putting countless hours in the studio, not just to write and produce stuff, but to come up with edits and special things for the show.
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As I mentioned, I was a carpenter for a time.
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I didn't feel the kind of joy every day playing drums that I thought you were supposed to feel.
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I am followed in department stores. I have walked in dressed professionally or dressed in jeans, and I have walked into stores, and instantly, security is on my back.
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You just can't let anything or anyone get in the way of who you are.
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I was deposed in association with a case involving the Golden Venture, a ship which smuggled Chinese aliens into the United States about eight or nine ago.
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I don't know what keeps me going. Sometimes I wonder... I think it's just pure perseverance and wanting to succeed and having that burning desire to always have success.
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I have spent my career fighting to make Oregon a place where everyone can thrive.
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Oh, I'm a survivor. My whole life has been surviving.
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Music leaves such a big impression. I always wondered, 'Man, if I grew up in Nashville, would I be making Country records now?' I honestly feel like Chicago had such a big impact on me.
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If every inhabitant of a liberal democracy believes in liberal democracy, then it doesn't matter what creed or colour they are.
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I like change, and I like being in the middle of change.
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Touring and putting out records is fun and cool, but I've been doing it for a long time.
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One of the biggest obstacles to making lots of money is not a lack of good ideas or opportunities or time, or that we're too slovenly or stupid: it's that we refuse to give ourselves permission to become rich.
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The most important thing for me, when somebody asks me what I class as being a success, is being a decent human being.
