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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Every country when they have Olympics, a lot of people come out opposed.
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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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Don't be afraid to fall flat on your face.
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The public thinks that homelessness is about not having any accommodation to go to.
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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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I'm a physical comedian first - and I'm a woman before that.
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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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The people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare with the press.
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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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The important point was that whatever errors America had made [in Vietnam] "we are so powerful [according to Secretary Kissinger] that Hanoi is simply unable to defeat us militarily" and must therefore eventually be forced to compromise.
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I'd rather make the cut in the Crosby than win another Oscar.
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What more can you ask for than to see a ballgame in spring?
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You never know what state you're going to be in after giving birth.
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The more you lose, the more you don't win.
