Alex Blackwell Quotes
A promise kept is trust coming to life. A promise kept is more powerful than a good intention, a thought or any material comfort. A promise kept tells the other person they are valued, respected and loved.Alex Blackwell
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I hope that on my tombstone it says 'Born 1933, died 2043.' I hope that's my legacy.
Quincy Jones -
Waste Management was based in Chicago, but I lived in Ft. Lauderdale and for 10 years had to commute to work - catch the 5 P.M. Sunday flight to Chicago and the midnight return flight on Friday.
Wayne Huizenga -
Some people write heavily, some write lightly. I prefer the light approach because I believe there is a great deal of false reverence about. There is too much solemnity and intensity in dealing with sacred matters; too much speaking in holy tones.
C. S. Lewis -
I think there's a difference when you make fun of yourself and your own behavior, and when you dishonor or disrespect Christ. If you're making a mockery of Christ is one thing. But if you're just joking about human foibles and weaknesses, I think that's perfectly acceptable.
Patricia Heaton -
I've always exuded some connection to my sexuality even as a kid. So to me, being sexy means staying connected to that part of me.
Nadine Velazquez -
I just think that if one is going to preach nonviolence and one is going to advocate for nonviolence, one's standard should be consistent.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
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I don't believe I could work as effectively at what I do without the support of my wife.
Karl Urban -
My father has a general rule. He says if I haven't done it in real life I shouldn't do it on-screen.
Natalie Portman -
First and foremost when you're doing comedy, you gotta be relevant and applicable to the times that you're living in. When you try and just do comedy about who is dating who and lifestyle jokes, it gets tiring after a while. It's hard to be funny in that realm.
Adam McKay -
Truth is on the side of the oppressed.
Malcolm X -
The fact that we're protected under that Constitution in exercising the right of free speech, it's a wonderful thing. You've got to come from somewhere else to realize how valuable it is.
Pat Oliphant -
Hollywood is horrible... it's beyond satire.
Yahoo Serious
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Even if you're an angry, intense person, you also have to have intense joy about life and intense feelings about the world.
Kate McKinnon -
That's the trouble with directors. Always biting the hand that lays the golden egg.
Samuel Goldwyn -
Lyrics are very important to me. I like speaking to women and saying what I mean.
Rachel Platten -
You have to remember that when you are a performer you become a celebrity, but you are not saving lives. It's not that important.
Victoria Beckham Spice Girls -
Winning is like shaving - you do it every day or you wind up looking like a bum.
Jack Kemp -
À l'heure, si sombre encore, de la civilisation où nous sommes, le misérable s'appelle L'HOMME; il agonise sous tous les climats, et il gémit dans toutes les langues.
Victor Hugo
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’Oh, yes, he thinks a lot of you. I remember his very words. 'Mr Wooster, miss' he said 'is, perhaps, mentally somewhat negligible but he has a heart of gold’
P. G. Wodehouse -
I just need to take better care of myself. I try to push it as far as I can.
Chance The Rapper -
Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell.
Karl Popper -
The Moodies is a responsibility to deliver the goods every night onstage and to do it sincerely; otherwise, it doesn't work. You've got the three guys left in the Moodies that really want to do it onstage, so I think we're truer to the old records now than we ever were.
Justin Hayward The Moody Blues -
A promise kept is trust coming to life. A promise kept is more powerful than a good intention, a thought or any material comfort. A promise kept tells the other person they are valued, respected and loved.
Alex Blackwell