Alden W. Clausen Quotes
I spend 60 percent of my time planning, 60 percent with people, and all other duties are completed with whatever time is left
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For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
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Personally, it was a big honor for me meeting so many families of the fallen soldiers and hearing their stories.
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I think that, to be an artist, you have to have a big enough ego to believe that people out in the world want to see what you think is a good idea. And if you don't have that sense of ego, then the minute that idea goes into the world, self-doubt kicks in.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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I always have to have my lipstick. Sometimes I have more than one shade: start with one color for the morning, one for night. Sometimes I have a couple shades just in case I need something more powerful for the day.
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All issues are women's issues - and there are several that are just women's business.
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Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I don't know what that will be yet, but there will be one.
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Personal responsibility is not only recognizing the errors of our ways. Personal responsibility lies in our willingness and ability to correct those errors individually and collectively.
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I'm really scared of flying. Like, really, really, really scared.
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Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast over nature.
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Lack of time and money create really bad green practices.
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Whether you watch 'Law and Order' all the time or not, everyone knows what it looks like. Everyone knows what the courtroom looks like, what the police precinct looks like.
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I'm happy riding horses and getting out shooting my gun, things like that.
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Clothes have memories, and sometimes you don't want to remember. People remember where they bought the clothes, who gave them, or where they stole them from.
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Though my plans at the moment are vague, I can assure you that I'll never run for the Senate in New York.
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Once I was standing in line to buy a telephone and Senator Wirth was in line with me. The next day the New York Times reported that we'd both purchased telephones and what price we'd paid!
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The feminists who are aware of the effects of patriarchy realize that we are all in the same boat from the dangers of patriarchy, and that the oppression of women is universal.
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I think the most important thing we as writers can do is figure out how we define what success will mean to us and focus on that.
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My goal is to continue to act and still be a professional kiteboarder.
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If we lived in a time where people couldn't watch 'Lost' on Hulu or record it on their DVR, we wouldn't necessarily have succeeded. We need people to be able to catch up. Now you choose when you watch TV. We wouldn't have survived in the old days because people would have missed episodes.
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Make no mistake: I will work with both Democrats and Republicans to cut wasteful spending and reduce our debt in a balanced, responsible way.
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I've always believed certain things: You treat everybody nicely because, more than anything, it's the right thing to do. And then you also never know when someone will be in position to help you or hurt you. I know I've gotten help from a lot of people who said good things about me because I treated them well.
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I spend 60 percent of my time planning, 60 percent with people, and all other duties are completed with whatever time is left
