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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Be happy with being you. Love your flaws. Own your quirks. And know that you are just as perfect as anyone else, exactly as you are.
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Everything with me is pretty close to the surface, but having kids has completely ruined my emotional equilibrium.
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Extremism is always potentially dangerous, but in Hungary's political reality, Jobbik and the other far-right parties have no chance of having a major influence.
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What the Internet's value is that you have access to information but you also have access to every lunatic that's out there that wants to throw up a blog.
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You could give us a hand instead of staring into space like a constipated camel.
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We live for games like these.
