Alex Shaffer Quotes
People don't win because they're physically stronger. It's because they're stronger between the ears.
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I'm such a fan of Shailene Woodley, so I'm super excited to see all her stuff. She's an awesome actress.
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When you're told to go brief a United States senator on a covert operation, you go do it. And you trust the information isn't going to leak.
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'The Omen,' 'The Exorcist,' those movies for me are the quintessential horror movies that still scare me as an adult.
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A lot of people tell me I have to trash-talk more, but I got here with my fists, fighting, not with my mouth.
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The more hardcore conservative you are, the more tightly identified you are with defending the interest of capital as an interest of the system based on hyper-competition, the more likely it is that you vehemently deny climate change. Because if climate change is real, your worldview will come crashing down around you.
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I have born-again Christians in my family, and they are completely against abortion... Everybody's got to stop being afraid of it real soon. Who's going to do it if a woman's network doesn't? People are going to be dying.
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A man who writes for a living does not have to go anywhere in particular, and he could rarely afford to if he wanted.
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I see myself as a composer who plays music and likes to play with other people, and not just as a solo artist.
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Well, I certainly did not think that I could do worse.
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Change is the one thing we can be sure of.
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Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way - and the fools know it.
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Violence is a tool of the ignorant.
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Is your remarkably sexist drivel intentional, or just some horrible mistake?
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Fashion is killing women's body image of themselves.
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I think with every part you do, you become a better actor. I've learned from my experiences on that.
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When I needed to think or was really upset, generally I climbed a tree.
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Fifty percent of all meaningful education takes place in the home. What do you share with your child? You share your interests. I was a book person. I read with my son. My wife is an artist. She dragged his little butt around to museums. He's an illustrator of children's books.
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I never thought of myself as a comedian. That is a label – make me laugh. I want to make you think.
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Life is just more comfortable if you're honest and open about everything. I spent so many years being in the closet about one thing or another.
Antony Sher -
If I really can be said to have a personal style, I think it is reflected in my taste for the exotic and the unexpected. I like to create rooms which are essentially traditional - and then add touches of the bizarre and the delicious.
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I take my work enormously seriously. When I do something, it has to feel right. Everything has to be right.
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New technologies and approaches are merging the physical, digital, and biological worlds in ways that will fundamentally transform humankind. The extent to which that transformation is positive will depend on how we navigate the risks and opportunities that arise along the way.
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People don't actually read newspapers. They step into them every morning like a hot bath. (p. 184)
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People don't win because they're physically stronger. It's because they're stronger between the ears.
