Alexander Isley Quotes
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Whenever I leave Manhattan, I get the bends!
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From the moment this war began, there was, for this state, only one policy possible, neutrality.
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I'm at the mercy of whatever character comes into my head.
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Value is what you get.
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In the 30 years of my career, I have explored all possible mediums, except radio.
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If one must fight or create, it is necessary that this be preceded by the broadest possible knowledge.
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You give before you get.
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To get scared is something not in my personality.
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I really love fan art, which I get sent a lot of. I really, really get a lot of. I get a kick out of it.
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Honestly, are we ever going to get over 'California Girls' by Katy Perry? I know it's old, but that song - I love that song!
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I might have faults but I'm not a big head.
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I was afraid of just about everything in this world, with the possible exception of my mother and I wasn't too sure about her.
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I'm a massive yoga head. Lots of yoga and lots of running. I do Bikram yoga. I adore it.
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You sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.
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I hope that I can maintain my skating as long as possible.
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I found that options traders - the Amex was mainly an options exchange - routinely conspired to keep as wide as possible the spreads between the prices investors paid and the prices floor traders paid for the same securities.
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A modern civilization is only possible when it is accepted that singular beings exist and express themselves freely.
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Tell my friends to get me out of here.
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I cannot have God in my heart if he is not in my head. Before I can believe in, I must believe that.
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The TAT is a so-called projective test, which uses a set of cards to discover how people’s inner reality shapes their view of the world. Unlike the Rorschach cards we used with the veterans, the TAT cards depict realistic but ambiguous and somewhat troubling scenes: a man and a woman gloomily staring away from each other, a boy looking at a broken violin. Subjects are asked to tell stories about what is going on in the photo, what has happened previously, and what happens next. In most cases their interpretations quickly reveal the themes that preoccupy them.
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I met this woman who was a hundred, this housekeeper, a hundred years old. I interviewed her. She just told me about her whole life. She's like, 'I can't read, I can't write; I can tell you who I was working for, and I can tell you the year, but who was president?'
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Happiness mainly depends on man's ability to work and the way in which he does it.
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Get in over your head as often and as joyfully as possible.
