Alex McLeish Quotes
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We're seeing a crazy appetite for people to acquire and invest in British businesses.
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I don't know what it is about me. I don't know if there's something strange... but I continue to play aliens, so there's obviously something there.
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On June 23, 1864, Ambrose Bierce was in command of a skirmish line of Union soldiers at Kennesaw Mountain in northern Georgia. He'd been a soldier for three years and, in that time, had been commended by his superiors for his efficiency and bravery during battle.
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When I designed my first house in L.A., I didn't have any money - I did it all on my own. I liked that.
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As a direct line to human feeling, empathic experience, genuine language and detail, poetry is everything that headline news is not. It takes us inside situations, helps us imagine life from more than one perspective, honors imagery and metaphor - those great tools of thought - and deepens our confidence in a meaningful world.
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Of one thing there is no doubt: if Paris makes demands of the heart, then Munich makes demands of the stomach.
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The only times I'm not relaxed are when I haven't got a project on the go.
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January 30th will be a historic day for the Middle East and the world. The Iraqi people will take the next step toward a free and democratic society as they place their votes for a transitional Iraqi government.
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One of the hardest things to do in acting is to stop thinking about yourself and stop being self-conscious.
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We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.
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Force-backed humanitarianism, which relies on rational influence over events in other countries, may have been a more feasible project in the bipolar era of the Cold War, with its relatively defined and stable web of alliances and proxies.
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What the eyes perceive in herbs or stones or trees is not yet a remedy; the eyes see only the dross.
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Women's art, political art - those categorisations perpetuate a certain kind of marginality which I'm resistant to. But I absolutely define myself as a feminist.
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We owe it to our children to equip them with all the capabilities they'll need to thrive in the limitless world beyond the classrooms.
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Nobody scares me.
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I do yoga; I'm pretty dedicated.
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I make out a play list for every character and buy the records they would listen to; it helps me find their personas. What they play, where they stay, who they lay, is my matrix for character development.
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I'm thankful for all the support I've received over the years.
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The difficulty with telling stories about real people is you have to find a way of mixing yourself into the matter.
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The beauty of women was the first expression of my photography.
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To whom it may concern: It is springtime. It is late afternoon.
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In all negotiations of difficulty, a man may not look to sow and reap at once; but must prepare business, and so ripen it by degrees.
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We live for games like these.
