Alex Scally Quotes
We do say no to a lot, but we also say yes; I find ways of coming to peace with certain things. Sometimes a writer or actor will reach out and make it very personal.
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I would happily have done any of the 'Bourne Identity' sequels. There are good sequels, but I'm not good at making them.
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I'm an artist; I'm not going to use trigonometry.
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On issue after issue, the Obama Administration has openly ignored, defied, and unilaterally tried to change the law.
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We are not going to turn our backs on people who have been persecuted, turn our backs on people who have been threatened by terror.
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I have not intended to denigrate or hurt the beliefs of anyone through my art.
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You're creating new things in movies and people are going to steal them.
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The diverse sound of my music makes it a good fit for that demographic.
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As long as government is allowed to collect all Internet data, the perceived exigency will drive honest civil servants to reach more broadly and deeply into our networked lives.
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Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.
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You know, we've got to this place, where you go to a movie for one particular surgical fix. So, it's like, I want the pulse-pounding action, or the insane falling-off-my-seat comedy, or the devastating, heart-breaking drama.
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I want the news delivered unbiased. I thought that was the whole point with journalism.
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What is the art world? I never really understood. I started doing this stuff to do what I want to do. Not to be this or that.
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Frugality is founded on the principal that all riches have limits.
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We were equals once when we lay new-born babes on our nurse's knees. We will be equal again when they tie up our jaws for the last sleep.
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Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.
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I like to try to make the characters I play be as human as possible.
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Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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Tragedy is a hell of a teacher. It's much too strict, but it's a hell of a teacher.
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We asked our friends and relations to lend us their children, and, because we lived in London, children loved to come and stay for their half-term holidays.
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We stand ready to hear what they have to say.
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"So you're always honest," I said. "Aren't you?" "No," I told him. "I'm not." "Well, that's good to know, I guess." "I'm not saying I'm a liar," I told him. He raised his eyebrows. "That's not how I meant it, anyways." "How'd you mean it, then?" "I just...I don't always say what I feel." "Why not?" "Because the truth sometimes hurts," I said. "Yeah," he said. "So do lies, though."
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Once in Africa I lost the corkscrew and we were forced to live off food and water for weeks.
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A lot of times it's tough to make the decision on your own. You know what you want to do and it always helps to have someone to rely on to help you out.
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We do say no to a lot, but we also say yes; I find ways of coming to peace with certain things. Sometimes a writer or actor will reach out and make it very personal.
