Alex Shakar Quotes
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If you want to steal a base, steal a base. Don't make the hitter swing at a bad pitch trying to protect the runner.
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'Empathy' is the latest code word for liberal activism, for treating the Constitution as malleable clay to be kneaded and molded in whatever form justices want. It represents an expansive view of the judiciary in which courts create policy that couldn't pass the legislative branch or, if it did, would generate voter backlash.
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I want to do my hard dives really well, I want to see what my true potential in this sport really is. I want to grasp that.
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We could have gone with much bigger labels and more money, but we wanted to go with a company that is LA based, all in the same building, and really understands what the artists want.
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I just want to make a classic. Classic is the standard. I'm just trying to make music that will last a lifetime.
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The sad thing is that apparently if you want to become the next Premier or the leader, suddenly you've got to shut down your human side.
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I want girls to know that equality exists in this world. You can do anything you want.
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I pride myself on not being run of the mill. I don't want to be your umpteenth Fantine in 'Les Miz.'
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I have really high expectations for myself, so I just want to go out there and compete.
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The worst thing would be for a Canada to develop a Hollywood. This is an industry we are going to have to fight to defend. We have to compete now so productions stay here. We don't want entertainment to be like the steel industry.
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You want to know why there's a Texas Rangers? Well, here's the answer. You know how the six-gun came around? Well, here's the answer. You want to know why Mexicans allowed Americans to settle Texas in the first place? It was fear of Comanches.
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Well, every time I get ready to do a job I want to lose weight.
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I want to make 'Smackdown' the brand to watch, but beyond that main-eventing, 'WrestleMania' is the next step.
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I'm just observing. I don't ever want people to think I'm preaching at them or wearing them out.
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When I want a long ball, I spin my hips faster.
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Well, actually, I manage a couple of stock portfolios or funds or whatever you want to call 'em, and I think I've done relatively well with them.
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I want to give my six hours of serious cricket on the ground and then take whatever the result.
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One movie is only one movie. I want to have a lifetime of making films.
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Books can capture injustices in a way that stays with you and makes you want to do something about them. That's why they are so powerful.
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People want to know that I'm a person of conviction.
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It is not easy to free myth from reality or rear this fellow up to lutch, lurch with them in the tranced dancing of men.
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In retrospect, it seems like everything in my life led to me becoming a writer. I just didn't realise it at the time.
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I really like Alan Jackson, in Country Music. I think he's really very, very talented along with George Jones, and Merle Haggard, the same old favorites.
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With the Internet, we can choose the very communities we want to be a part of.
