Albert Guinon Quotes
There are people who, instead of listening to what is being said to them, are already listening to what they are going to say themselves.
Quotes to Explore
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I struggle if I have chaos around me, but at the same time, if I don't have it, I'm uncomfortable. It's a strange thing: If I don't have chaos, I create it.
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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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I received a D.Sc. from the University of London in 1992.
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The line between life or death is determined by what we are willing to do.
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I wouldn't let a biopic be made on me. That's because I don't believe in them. I don't like them.
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I'm a really bad liar.
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I'm a Sufi Muslim, I would say. I believe in using the medium to create a good vibration because art is so important to society. Some projects I don't do because I feel that it's going to create a bad vibe. I don't do propaganda films that are anti another religion, anti-Muslim or anti-Hindu.
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When I'm traveling, I always look for a dance studio. It's a great workout and a wonderful way to meet new friends in the community.
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Obviously, after every film you do, you wonder what you're going to do next.
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I read all the time that people think I'm arrogant. They say I am cocky, a bad character. I had that from a young age. But when they meet me, they say, 'That image doesn't fit you.'
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If you never give up, you'll be successful.
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Humility is a great quality of leadership which derives respect and not just fear or hatred.
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I remember hearing the song when I was 12 or 14 in - it must have been in Chicago, 'cause we didn't have a radio on the farm, and it was during the second World War. I had three brothers in that war who went overseas.
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A novel can do something that films and TV usually can't - a glimpse inside the characters' heads. I write very tight third person point of view, so the reader is right behind the eyes of each character, seeing what they see and feeling what they feel.
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On paper, it looks rough, but I had a great childhood.
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Sleep teaching was actually prohibited in England. There was something called liberalism. Parliament, if you know what that was, passed a law against it. The records survive. Speeches about liberty of the subject. Liberty to be inefficient and miserable. Freedom to be a round peg in a square hole.
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You put a disk here and then you put another disk that is a triangle at the other end and then you balance them on your finger and keep on adding. I don't use rectangles - they stop. You can use them; I have at times, but only when I want to block, to constipate movement.
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The greatest sin is judgment without knowledge.
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I was the very first athlete in East Germany allowed to go professional.
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Government spending clearly needs some adjusting. But a budget is a statement of our priorities, and balancing our spending on the backs of our nation's seniors is not the right approach.
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When I was a teenager in Iceland people would throw rocks and shout abuse at me because they thought I was weird. I never got that in London no matter what I wore.
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It's really cool now that we have Twitter and Facebook, and it's cool that people can post their thoughts and stories and just constantly on their timelines.
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There are people who, instead of listening to what is being said to them, are already listening to what they are going to say themselves.
