Alexander H. Stephens Quotes
All the genius I have lies in this; when I have a subject in hand, I study it profoundly.
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Not all ideas will be accepted, but every idea deserves its own space, and every idea deserves to be expressed.
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If we don't end war, war will end us.
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Love what you do, not the love you get for doing it.
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I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.
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The three great problems of this century; the degradation of man in the proletariat, the subjection of women through hunger, the atrophy of the child by darkness.
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I love - you know, I'm a big fan of Prince and Curtis Mayfield and Smoky Robinson. It's something to be said about a man who can be very masculine but still display that sensitive side, and that falsetto does it perfectly.
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I love working with a cast and a group of people every day, which is different than recording because you're usually pretty isolated and alone. They serve as a good balance for each other.
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There are fans of Twenty20 cricket, and we need to ensure that we give them the cricket they want to see. We need to keep Test cricket alive, because there is a section of fans who love and worship Test cricket and have basically helped this game grow, and they are as important as anybody else.
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Anything that looks good makes you feel better.
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I am not trying to make an image; I am an actor trying to sell movies.
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For me, the labor movement and public education are linked as the essential building blocks to a strong middle class and a path to the American dream. It's why I went to Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations as an undergrad and then to law school.
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I would like to be in a superhero movie where I do martial arts.
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I had such an amazing experience on 'The Pillowman' that it was hard to think what else is going to live up to that.
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We need to understand the difference between freedom of religion - which is absolutely guaranteed and I would fervently defend. Sharia law is politics; it's not religion. If you say that a woman is voluntarily going to be of lesser value than a man, which is in sharia law, can we allow that?
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Breaking the world record in '92 was a very special personal moment, but I'd say my favorite moment as a decathlete was winning the Olympic gold medal.
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I just missed out on qualifying for the Sydney Olympics in 2000.
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And that impulse to make the world better, to push back on those who try to make it worse, that’s something that your generation has to hold on to. And you have to remember, it’s never easy; there are no days off. But if there’s one thing that I know from my own life, it’s that with hard work and with hope, change is always within our reach.
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There's like a special group of people that come from different parts of the planet to study with me. It's nice. I just gave a workshop in Boston at the New England Conservatory, which was really nice.
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Sound sounds are terrible in the city, but it's great to listen and to walk and listen to people talk to each other. There are birds. You hear spring. I like listening to the city.
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The Barack who was so successful in Illinois in a Republican-controlled legislative situation for most of his time and who was a very outspoken progressive voice, that's not the man who we ended up having as president.
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When I danced, I felt I was entering the temple of Art.
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All the genius I have lies in this; when I have a subject in hand, I study it profoundly.
