Alec Reid Quotes
I am absolutely certain, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that all the arms of the I.R.A. have been decommissioned. I know them well enough to know that they don't play games.
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Let no one weep for me, or celebrate my funeral with mourning; for I still live, as I pass to and fro through the mouths of men.
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A document was drafted in the State Department in July 1946 by an official named Samuel Klaus. This indicated that there were then 20 alleged Soviet agents, 13 alleged Communists, about a dozen sympathizers, and about 75 suspects in the department, according to the FBI.
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My price is five dollars for a miniature on ivory, and I have engaged three or four at that price. My price for profiles is one dollar, and everybody is willing to engage me at that price.
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Being creative and making money in the theater is very challenging.
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I have vowed to my God to teach the heathen, though I be despised by some.
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I started running 3 miles every morning after throat surgery to remove a cyst last year. The gym used to be my adversary. But that has all changed. Now, I look forward to it every morning.
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As forces of hate in this country and worldwide try to pull Muslims and Christians apart, we are in desperate need of a unifying force that can bridge the widening gap of interfaith misunderstanding and mistrust. That force could be the message of love, peace, and forgiveness taught by Jesus and accepted by followers of both faiths.
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I'd rather lose an argument than get into a long discussion in order to win it.
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The transition from dictatorship to democracy is always very difficult, and if you read a history of any country that went through this, it wasn't easy. And, you know, you don't end dictatorship one day and next day you have fully fledged democracy.
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It was very much a cry for democratic control at that time. Above all, breaking the accomplished power of a few people to rule the lives of everybody else.
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If you compromise and hire someone mediocre, you will always regret it.
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I've never left China. My family's been there for 600 years. But my architecture is not consciously Chinese in any sense. I'm a western architect.
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The sad part about happy endings is there's nothing to write about.
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I don't have good business sense. You never get much money for the arts. But I like independence. I like to grow.
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I do have a few personalities. When people started making a big deal out of it, I started making names for these people.
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I'm a workaholic because I don't want to not work. When you come from basically nothing and you have so much good things happening for you sometimes you have to sacrifice.
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If somebody makes me laugh, I’m his slave for life.
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I've been playing Texas Hold 'em and other forms of poker since I was about 12.
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In 1966, thoughts about playing games using an ordinary TV set began to percolate in my mind.
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He who needs only coarse food, water and drink, and as pillow his folded arms will find happiness without further search.
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I am absolutely certain, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that all the arms of the I.R.A. have been decommissioned. I know them well enough to know that they don't play games.
