Alan Curbishley Quotes
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It's something you dream about, working in Scotland, working in Glasgow, walking down the same streets I used to walk down when I was a drama student, daydreaming about being in an American TV show or doing something that was well known. I guess I sort of pinch myself.
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Parents are telling other parents that you can save a lot of money renting. Forever they've been looking for a solution to higher textbook prices.
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All the cliches of glamorous sophistication have little appeal to me. Do I want to live the British version of 'Dynasty?' No thanks!
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Putin can't afford to leave the office because he will be in real danger of being prosecuted for things he and his people did during their stay in power.
Garry Kasparov -
Adolescence as the time when an individual 'recapitulates' the savage stage of the race's past.
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Trans people deserve something vital; they deserve your respect. From that respect comes a more compassionate community.
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Art is subject to arbitrary fashion.
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Does a black person make them an African American? No. There are Hispanics that are very, very dark skinned so the word has lost its meaning, it's not a very concise or proper word to use even today and it wasn't then.
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I like a lot of sports. Especially football - it's my favourite sport. My uncle played football in Barcelona for nine years and played for Spain in three World Cups.
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I'd rather sing a good lyric written by someone else than one of my own that is terrible.
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The way people deal with me - they'll go overboard in trying to be politically correct and make a mess of it. Everyone's so worried about what they're saying to everyone else, that they don't talk very much.
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I think it's really important to remind, reinforce people that their lives have value, you know? That their lives have worth.
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Well I think they broke the mould when they made me and being humble is one of my great assets.
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As athletes, most of the time we deal with fans cussing at us, saying how much we suck.
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I've done a lot of films that all have been pretty edgy.
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I wanted to play a TV detective because it's a rite of passage; I wanted to experience every area of acting. I haven't done comedy or as much Shakespeare as I had intended.
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For me, even just being English was a whole sort of experience in as much as I'm Australian.
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You learn so much from competition you gain confidence every time you have to step up and perform.
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To change is difficult. Not to change is fatal.
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Get comfortable being uncomfortable, that's how you break the plateau and reach the next level.
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What we spend our time on is probably the most important decision we make.
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I grew up in Oakland and Berkeley, California.
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It has been a deliberate decision on my part to forget completing talks for now.
