Alex McLeish Quotes
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I believe in the Prince of Peace. I believe that War is Murder. I believe that armies and navies are at bottom the tinsel and braggadocio of oppression and wrong, and I believe that the wicked conquest of weaker and darker nations by nations whiter and stronger but foreshadows the death of that strength.
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I cannot summon up inspiration; I myself am summoned.
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In so much of politics you're not allowed to disagree with what's been agreed.
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I am absolutely and inherently self-destructive in that I am always making sure I'm doing what I want to do.
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What is feminism? Simply the belief that women should be as free as men, however nuts, dim, deluded, badly dressed, fat, receding, lazy, and smug they might be.
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For some small number of people, a parental loss appears to be, ultimately, a desirable difficulty - again, not a large number.
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It takes vision and courage to create - it takes faith and courage to prove.
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The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.
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The mood of the 80s - Get what you can, can what you get, and sit on the can.
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I think it's better to attempt something and fail than it is to not even attempt it, so I'm glad that I've been prepared to put myself on the line there.
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Professionally, when I did the Olympic games and sang for my country in Australia. It was a big moment, Sydney in 2000. It was just a brilliant moment in my life.
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Even Gaddafi's adversaries assure us that he stood out for his intelligence as a student; he was expelled from high-school for his anti-monarchic activities. He managed to enroll in another high-school and later graduated in law at the University of Benghazi at the age of 21.
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I think it's probably a good lesson for other people to follow - to not always make the decision that's popular for others, but to do what you feel like is the right thing to do.
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Technology is changing the way we interact as humans.
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Health care is the No. 1 concern of small businesses and the status quo is untenable.
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The so-called commercialism includes elements like story, plots, rhythms and large big scenes.
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No, you don't have to start your play with a premise. You can start with a character or an incident, or even a simple thought. This thought or incident grows, and the story slowly unfolds itself. You have time to find your premise in the mass of your material later. The important thing is to find it.
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Fame is a distraction sometimes. You know, it's a distraction if you let it. So it's very important to stay focused, stay very connected to your roots.
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I have an irrational fear that I'm going to have a gruesome and untimely death because so many wonderful things are happening to me.
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You have to be ready for all the games and be at 100 per cent if you want to win in this League.
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There's certain things as a songwriter that I don't really care to write about, and there are certain things I won't sing about anymore. There are just so many things that I probably thought was OK for me, or have been in the past, that I would never want my son to think was OK.
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My ideas for the next collection always happen a couple of months before the show. I have learned to shut up and not bother my assistants with it.
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The more you lose, the more you don't win.
