Alex Shakar Quotes
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I can no longer walk in the street. That's over.
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Even in the angels there is the subordination of one hierarchy to another, and in the heavens, and all the bodies that are moved, the lowest by the highest and the highest in their turn unto the Supreme Mover of all.
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I told myself, 'I am teaching entrepreneurship, so I should be an entrepreneur myself.'
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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The Gili Islands gave me some of my best scuba diving experiences, including tons of turtles.
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Pregnancy isn't 'I can eat whatever I want,' because you have to remember you're going to be stuck with a lot of that weight afterwards that you need to try to get off.
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I think Karl Rove saw that in George W. Bush early on and understood the impact that he could have on Texas politics and probably on national politics.
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If I were to sum up the negative reactions to my work, I think there are two primary causes: one is that if there is discourse about anxiety it is necessarily going to induce anxiety. It will represent a return of the repressed for a great many people.
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I did 'Mad Men' and I still have people come up to me like, 'Are you actually a lesbian?' Really? Just because I play one on TV? People will think what they're gonna think.
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I'll never live to write all the stories I have in my head.
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The principle of Sturgeon's Razor states that the simplest answer to any problem is 90% crap.
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I'm always a bit suspicious of writers who have the gift of the gab.
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Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.
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Film is the medium for communicating not just ideas, but things of the heart.
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To be honest, writing comics is a dream come true - the form is unparalleled and is home to some of the most original and innovative storytelling around.
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One of my core principles is that I will never engage in a politics in which I'm trying to divide people or make them less than me because they look different or have a different religion. That's a core principle, that's not something I would violate.
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I don't think that anybody could have predicted that these people would take an airplane and slam it into the World Trade Center, take another one and slam it into the Pentagon, that they would try to use an airplane as a missile
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After four and a half intense and wonderful years as CEO of Groupon, I’ve decided that I’d like to spend more time with my family. Just kidding - I was fired today. If you’re wondering why … you haven’t been paying attention.
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The greatest part of the job was... that was for nine years it was a pleasure to go to work.
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What is peace? Is it war? No. Is it strife? No. Is it lovely, and gentle, and beautiful, and pleasant, and serene, and joyful? Oh, yes! Therefore, my friends, I wish for peace, upon you and upon yours.
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The worst bankrupt in the world is the man who has lost his enthusiasm. Let a man lose everything else in the world, but his enthusiasm and he will come through again to success.
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What good was a truth that could be perceived only through delusion?
