Alexander Guchkov Quotes
Unfortunately the first feeling of radiant joy evoked by the revolution has given place to one of pain and anxiety.
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If I get involved in a charity, I really want to be a part of it. I don't want to just put my name on your pamphlet.
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Acting was something I always wanted to try. I just didn't know how, or I didn't know when the door was gonna be open for me to try it. But it finally opened up for me when I did 'Turn It Up', and ever since then I've been in love with doing films.
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Socrates was famously executed for his philosophical and political beliefs. I wondered what would happen if you had a similar character, who was so relentlessly questioning of everything? In a modern society, would we be any more or any less tolerant of that kind of character?
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If you feel that you are good, don't be too proud of it.
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There's a great tradition in storytelling that's thousands of years old, telling stories about kings and their palaces, and that's really what I wanted to do.
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The so-called skills gap is really a gap in education, and that affects all of us.
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I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.
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Declare Church and State forever separate and distinct, but each free within their proper spheres, and that all church property shall bear its own proportion of taxation.
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Race and class are extremely reliable indicators as to where one might find the good stuff, like parks and trees, and where one might find the bad stuff, like power plants and waste facilities.
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On a very basic level, many people think celebrities have too much already, so we shouldn't be entitled to our political opinions.
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For me, comedy is richer and larger than anything else.
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I was an all-sport athlete growing up. My dad, I think, hoped I would go to college on a scholarship.
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In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and devise schemes for satisfying the Irish nation.
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One person I find fascinating is J.Crew's Mickey Drexler. I would love to get into that brain and see how it works.
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Winning is very important to me. I wouldn't be happy with anything less. And I work towards my goal.
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Most simply but profoundly, I chose to live an honest life, which I think as a gay person is not a given.
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I graduated from Second City Los Angeles. It helped me tremendously, not only in my roles in films but in helping shape me into a writer as well. In improv, you will fail sometimes, so it teaches you to be brave and try anything. The worst that can happen is nobody laughs.
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Love is the delusion that one woman differs from another.
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The president's economic plan doesn't do enough to create new jobs and that has to be a national priority. While there are some signs the economy is improving, it is not translating into jobs.
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There's so much emphasis on Daniel Day-Lewis and his process, which is appropriately his own. But I was just blown away by his generosity as an actor. He's so giving as an actor that he just naturally commands the focus on set.
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I've lived on royalties all my life. It is the readers who have supported me.
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I grew up in a Mauritian bubble in France... I had the feeling of not belonging, but still living with French culture.
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We had people of all backgrounds coming together - all races, all creeds, all colors, all status in life. And coming together there was a kind of quiet dignity and a kind of sense of caring and a feeling of joint responsibility.
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Unfortunately the first feeling of radiant joy evoked by the revolution has given place to one of pain and anxiety.
