Alastair Cook Quotes
I miss being the focal point of the team - the guy everyone looks to for decisions. And guidance.
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I particularly like Hershey's chocolate - the kind which has almonds in it.
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What really makes it fun for an actor is when the script is good.
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I know about lots of things that have nothing to do with being Asian, that you would never guess from looking at me. I know all about musical theater. I could go on 'Jeopardy!' and knock off the whole Broadway show tunes category. Also the whole Bible stories category.
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Only then, approaching my fortieth birthday, I made philosophy my life's work.
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We should teach the students, as well as executives, how to conduct experiments, how to examine data, and how to use these tools to make better decisions.
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There's nothing more marvelously wintery than orange root veg mash; some butter is all it needs.
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The spectacle of a great, solvent government paying a fictitious price for gold it did not want and did not need and doing it on purpose to debase the value of its own paper currency was one to astonish the world.
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Except for the Bible, the two greatest documents ever written are the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.
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It's a tough life being a pop star. You know, at the end of the day when you've paid all the bills and put the kids through college and that, you know, there's only enough left for a small island off the South Pacific.
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I love to feel glamourous. I love to have other women feel glamourous.
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Trent likes to record guitars direct, whereas I've always preferred playing through an amplifier.
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I love Madrid.
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Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.
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From 'Trainspotting' to 'Acid House,' I moved from urban realism into fantasy.
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The bust of Colonel Sanders stands as a monument to cruelty and has no place in the Kentucky state Capitol.
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Vegetarian and frugal it may be, but the chickpea is one of the most versatile ingredients you could keep in your cupboards.
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For me, fitness is not just about hitting the gym; it is also about an inner happiness and an overall well-being.
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Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain.
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My hope is that in the future, women stop referring to themselves as 'the only woman' in their physics lab or 'only one of two' in their computer science jobs.
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There are things you cannot understand, and you must learn to live with this. Not only must you learn to live with this, you must learn to enjoy this.
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I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it. I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others. I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it. I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill. The dove is my emblem.
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As a director, you have to know what actors are doing. You're the one telling them what to do. The actors' job is to come prepared to the set, but sometimes, if they're beginning actors or people who are non-actors, you have to teach them how to act.
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The people with whom I've worked in the Special Operations community are more concerned with an individual's contribution to the team, and their ability to do their job exceptionally well, than their race or sexual preferences.
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I miss being the focal point of the team - the guy everyone looks to for decisions. And guidance.
