Alexander C. Irvine Quotes
Overcommunicate. It's better to tell someone something they already know than to not tell them something they needed to hear.
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At Al Jazeera, we are getting our local Somalis, Yemenis and Sudanese, local correspondents from within the society, who understand much better than the people who come from overseas. We will get a much better insight.
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I was very lucky when I started doing comedy because I hadn't seen much stand-up. I just got up on stage and did it without thinking.
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I think I developed language skills to deal with threat. It's the girl thing to do-you know, instead of pulling out a gun.
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I am not an American; I am the American.
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Ideas are elusive, slippery things. Best to keep a pad of paper and a pencil at your bedside, so you can stab them during the night before they get away.
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Chris and Toby are far too sane to be upset any more.
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I'll get up there and I'll do my guitar solos in one of those space outfits.
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Some films shouldn't be remade.
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We never left a set until we'd trashed it.
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I felt the Lord telling me just to be patient all year. Whether it happened this year, next, or never, everything was going to be okay.
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Everything must be carried out in extreme sobriety.
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And, of course, in the Philippines there were so many thousands of Americans that were captured by the Japanese and held and who were rescued by Filipino Americans, or Filipinos I should say, and by U.S. troops near the close of the war.
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Writing has been as difficult for me as for people who don't like to write and as little fun.
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When I saw 'Pretty In Pink' at the cinema at the age of 11, I just thought it was a period piece from maybe 100 years previously. I had no idea that was what everybody was supposed to be wearing.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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I think the key to getting rid of illegal immigration, no matter where its coming from, is that you need to have a good legal apparatus for immigration.
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I love songs that people can dance to and enjoy at the same time.
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It's such an honor to do this job because I love it. And I get to work outside, and what can beat that?
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I've never been one to want to be the center of attention and be put up on stages every night. That's just not really my personality. I'm comfortable with it now, but my real passion is being creative.
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Athletes, like everyone else, at times take supplements but just have to consult your doctors and work on that. It's a process, but it's achievable... It's my job to be healthy.
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When you go to a concert, part of being there is that you're all hearing the same thing. It's about being in a crowd. If you go to a gig and there are two people there, then it's not the same thing.
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Art school had taught me it was far better to be a flamboyant failure than any kind of benign success.
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People like to see showdowns.
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Overcommunicate. It's better to tell someone something they already know than to not tell them something they needed to hear.
