Al Attles Quotes
He never saw me play ball in high school. You had to rely on relationships or a friend who knew of a good player in this town or that town.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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During the 2008 election, I made clear to the Obama campaign that I don't think it's wise for me to force my personal political agenda on anyone.
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I have now exactly the same weight I had when I was 18, 20.
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The fundamental thing about my personality is that I think I'm an imposter.
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I am really honoured, but if the prize had gone to Mahatma Gandhi before me, I would have been more honoured.
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I'm not a person who embraces challenges. I run from challenges. I break world records running from challenges.
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It seems every morning I wake up to face a list of 20 things to do, with time only to do 10, and somehow I always wind up squishing in 30.
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We have a bad image in the world, I've got to admit. I just want people to think twice about Colombia. Don't go by the first impression.
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Theocratic and military authorities share one thing: they have no sense of humour.
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I'm not being really intelligent in my film choices; I'm just landing the opportunity when it comes.
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The world is equally shocked at hearing Christianity criticized and seeing it practiced.
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Songs are my diaries; they always have been. You have to put your trust in everyone because putting down those real, personal details and thoughts that make a song authentic also opens you right up. I am constantly misunderstood; a lot of people just don't get me.
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I take Epsom salt baths.
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It was sort of a solution to financial problems when I was a little kid. I just kept doing it because it's fun to be on movie sets.
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God is gone up on high with a triumphant noise.
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I love New York. New York is busy. It's dirty. It's smelly. I'm a real urban animal: I love cities. I like being in the middle of it all.
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I'm one of the few women in science. I have pioneered that. One of the things I worry about is what that pioneering has done to me. I have had to fight quite hard most of the way through life.
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I believe that stress is a factor in any bad health.
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To hell with facts! We need stories!
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And I can relate to that, because I went to an all white school, so I knew what that was like. And it was hard at the time, but anything that's difficult you learn from, don't you?
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The effect of depleted uranium, used by America in the Gulf War, is never referred to.
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I don't call you handsome, sir, though I love you most dearly: far too dearly to flatter you. Don't flatter me.
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He never saw me play ball in high school. You had to rely on relationships or a friend who knew of a good player in this town or that town.
