Alex Mack (Javon Alexander) Quotes
Just because someone's older and you think they're cooler doesn't mean you should abandon your real friends.
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In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
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I felt unhappy and trapped. If I left baseball, where could I go, what could I do to earn enough money to help my mother and to marry Rachel? The solution to my problem was only days away in the hands of a tough, shrewd, courageous man called Branch Rickey, the president of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
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I'll sleep when I'm dead.
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E-Verify is a very commonsense reform that we can implement here in the state of Florida. I think I share a lot of Floridians' frustration that it didn't pass and a lot of the politics that were taking place behind the scenes.
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Well I do think, when there are more women, that the tone of the conversation changes, and also the goals of the conversation change. But it doesn't mean that the whole world would be a lot better if it were totally run by women. If you think that, you've forgotten high school.
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Whenever you're in a relationship, you have that favorite song that reminds you of when you first got together or when you first kissed, and then every time you hear that song, it reminds you of that person.
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Why should Bollywood accept me? I should accept Bollywood. I don't care if Bollywood has accepted me. I don't seek acceptance. I don't need to live up to anybody's expectations.
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Some things have to be believed to be seen.
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We have people working for us full-time because they were forced to retire at 65. I know that I never want to stop working, and I am glad that I can offer positions to others who feel the same way.
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Pigeon racing is a lousy, greedy, and often unlawful activity. One thing that it is not is kind to birds.
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The great fun for me is these collaborators. I'm nothing by myself. Being with these people, whether it's the 'Homeland' cast or stage collaborators, they make you everything you are. They make you come to work. They make you be alive.
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You never argued with my mother. You couldn't win.
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I'll take my destiny, whatever that may be, but I'm going to fight for my dignity and my honor.
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My thinking musically has always been more advanced - it is difficult to get it down onto paper sometimes, even now.
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I loved doing 'Homeland.' I loved playing Brody.
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'The Pushcart War' is presented as a history of a conflict that has not yet taken place; in each edition of the book, the date on which the hostilities commenced is nudged forward.
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In the Middle East, we don't have the luxury to indulge in fantasy.
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I would love to go to film school.
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Whatever the immediate gains and losses, the dangers to our safety arising from political suppression are always greater than the dangers to the safety resulting from political freedom. Suppression is always foolish.
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There's no substitute for live work to keep a band together.
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Regardless of who you are, what sport you chose, or how much success you achieved, playing the game is all about getting you ready for life.
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In the music industry, intelligence in women is undervalued.
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Just because someone's older and you think they're cooler doesn't mean you should abandon your real friends.
