Alex Scally Quotes
Reverb does that thing where you make one sound and it grows to 20 times its original size and fills everything up.
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My reward in life for growing up a little bit was that Mary Steenburgen came into my life, and we have been together for 19 years.
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Well, my wife, Cathy Gillespie, worked for Joe Barton, who was running for Congress in 1984.
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Because of the way my words get scrutinized, I have to use a level of precision so people don't accuse me of misleading them.
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I have a superhero complex. If I see anything bad happen, I run towards it, rather idiotically because, after all, what could I do?
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I couldn't hit an elephant's ass with a bull fiddle.
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I think I will always stay involved in tennis and would like to give back by helping out young players. I have done a little commentary and may one day enjoy doing that again.
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Many people are insecure of many people.
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I didn't have any extra money. But I can't say that I had a hard early career.
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Getting over someone is a grieving process. You mourn the loss of the relationship, and that's only expedited by 'Out of sight, out of mind.' But when you walk outside and see them on a billboard or on TV or on the cover of a magazine, it reopens the wound. It's a high-class problem, but it's real.
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If there is one lesson for U.S. foreign policy from the past 10 years, it is surely that military intervention can seem simple but is in fact a complex affair with the potential for unintended consequences.
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I want to act for the rest of my life - and I also want to pursue directing. Watching Bill Condon direct 'Twilight' kind of made me think, 'OK yeah, I really want to do this now.' This idea that you can make an image in your head and be in full control of how it comes out - I thought that was really cool.
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I experienced American golf courses when I was younger and played a lot of USGA and AJGA tournaments.
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I've gone skydiving twice. I was terrified about doing it, but I wanted to overcome that. The first time, I did it with my parents and I remember that they had already both jumped out, and suddenly it was my turn. And I thought, 'Well, I don't want to be an orphan,' so I guess I have no choice, and I jumped out of the plane.
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Violence may be a good focus to organize around, but we have to look at women's lives in our entirety.
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I have to do this my way.
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I am able to ride the bike and think clearly about strategy and tyres. I also have positive thinking. I am very constructively critical.
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I'm a fan of Jay-Z, I'mma always be a fan of Jay-Z.
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I think I'm brave because I've made decisions based - I hope not entirely selfishly - on what I think is right for me to do next.
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There is a saying in Tibetan, 'Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.' No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that's our real disaster.
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Aspire greatly; anything less than a commitment to excellence becomes an acceptance of mediocrity.
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The work of art must seize upon you, wrap you up in itself, carry you away. It is the means by which the artist conveys his passion; it is the current which he puts forth which sweeps you along in his passion.
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I do love perusing the dictionary to find how many words I don't use - words that have specific, sharp, focused meaning. I also love the sound of certain words. I love the sound of the word pom-pom.
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My soul refuses to be satisfied so long as it is a helpless witness of a single wrong or a single misery.
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Reverb does that thing where you make one sound and it grows to 20 times its original size and fills everything up.
