Alec Douglas-Home Quotes
There are two problems in my life. The political ones are insoluble and the economic ones are incomprehensible.
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I am a genius who has written poems that will survive with the best of Shakespeare, Wordsworth and Keats.
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I said it several times: a blow you are getting from a friend is still a blow, but more painful.
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I like 'MacNeil/Lehrer.'
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There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your girlfriend.
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My life has changed in many ways, both on an economic and personal level. All major league players are accorded the respect they deserve. In Cuba, it was not that way. National team players were not respected. The treatment was not adequate.
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I think you need brains to do any Shakespeare with any authority. I could do Shakespeare, but not with any authority.
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History is a race between education and catastrophe.
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I have American in-laws, and I care about the environment. We don't use disposable diapers, which, of course, creates an environmental problem of our own.
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I just use intuition - would I wear that? Would it feel okay? It's pretty simple, nothing too complicated.
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Trees and plants always look like the people they live with, somehow.
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For me, 'Atmosphere' was more about looking inwards and reaching out to people close to me. To emphasize the fact that I'm singing on the first single, this album is really more about me and songs that I've written instead of collaborating with people.
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Let us have no machine-made ornament at all; it is all bad and worthless and ugly.
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I mean... if you're raised as a decent human being, killing somebody is against every moral thing you've ever been taught. And so, generally, in combat it's 'krauts,' the 'gooks,' the 'yanks' - whatever you want to do to try and make it so that it's not a human being.
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I get a lot of disbelief that my accent could actually be real, which seems strange.
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It doesn't matter how many times you win an award, it is always very special.
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No war is inevitable until it breaks out.
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I love football so when I finish playing I would like to still be involved in it somehow and a manager would be my first choice.
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The important thing is to build up my cardiovascular system, so I have the stamina to do stunts. To me, stepping over the line, taking a chance and succeeding is the ultimate freedom, be it in rock and roll or when executing a really challenging routine.
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This morning I was standing in the shower and thought how I was sick of losing and how it was about time I had a big game.
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Prisons do not disappear social problems, they disappear human beings. Homelessness, unemployment, drug addiction, mental illness, and illiteracy are only a few of the problems that disappear from public view when the human beings contending with them are relegated to cages.
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As kids, we have all handled shot guns. From there on, there is no transition. It stays in the toy box. The idea is to get the transition and bridge the gap between the toy box and the shooting range.
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I don't tweet very much. I still believe in the mystery of an artist. I believe in going out when I'm ready to sell my product. A lot of artists are out there every day. But I remember the Julio Iglesiases, the Jose Joses - and it was about the music.
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There are two problems in my life. The political ones are insoluble and the economic ones are incomprehensible.
