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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Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl.
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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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Any smart executive understands that to find the best talent she has to explore new territory that lies beyond familiar geography. That applies not only to gender, but also to race, religion, background and age.
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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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There's no question that looking down to search the Web, send a text message, or log onto Facebook puts you in danger and puts people around you on the road in danger.
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This is going to sound really funny. I have a poster of Zac Efron on my wall! I think every girl has a poster of him in their room so, why not join the club!
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I love going to the local market and seeing friends that I grew up with... and having conversations. I love the community of Bayonne.
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If a person's mind is controlled by forces of revenge and jealousy, it cannot express love & sympathy. And even if they show love and sympathy to others it will yield no good result. The thought will not be reflected in love but in hate.
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When I commit, I commit with my whole heart, my whole being. I know the Bible like the back of my hand.
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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.
