Alexandra McGuinness Quotes
Lotus Eaters is a movie about people who can't really be alone, but they're always alone, really, even when they're together.
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There aren't traditions of freedom in a place like Iraq. They're going to have to come to grips with a concept that they hadn't been allowed to conceive before.
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'Anna Karenina' is just a story about a woman falling in love with a bloke who is not her husband. It's gossip, rubbish - on the other hand, it's the deepest story there could be about social transgression, about love, betrayal, duty, children.
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I'm in love with music, and I'm pregnant by it. It's like having twins. Or triplets. Or eight-lets!
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I'd love to be a 'Bond' girl.
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My parents come down to Los Angeles a lot.
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We need to start looking at having a way of managing the whole ecosystem, because you can't pick away at it piece by piece, you have to truly start being coordinated and managing our resources as a system. We haven't gotten to that point yet.
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A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls.
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When I first came to do shows in Vegas, I followed the usual entertainer's syndrome - I played craps and lost.
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I don't see a lot of nature in L.A. Then again, I don't see a lot when I go back to St. Louis, either.
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I try not to second-guess editors; they're the clients, and I have no expectation that my strip is going to make it into every paper every day.
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My parents were Beatle fans, but my mom was especially a Lennon fan, so I was exposed to him more. I remember her playing 'Double Fantasy' quite often.
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I run about four to five miles, three days a week. I have four young children, so pretty much the only time I can get away is real early in the morning.
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I do eat what I want. I love meat - I'm Cuban: I grew up eating meat, platanos, and arroz con pollo. I don't believe in starving yourself, but sometimes I do cleanses and diets to prepare for a role. I choose a lot of greens, proteins, and fats, and I like to be really active.
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I feel like I'm quite versatile. I want to do lots of different styles.
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I did Polyester, and I don't regret one minute of it. It was wonderful.
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The free man must be born before freedom can be won, and the brotherly man must be born before full brotherhood can be won. It will come into being only if we build it out of our very muscle and bone - by trying to act it out.
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At the end of the day, I stand by who I am. I'm a good person.
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Not to want to say, not to know what you want to say, not to be able to say what you think you want to say, and never to stop saying, or hardly ever, that is the thing to keep in mind, even in the heat of composition.
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I like to experiment a lot and invent things.
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If you're glued together right and honorable, you will succeed. Get in there and get rid of stupidities and avoid bad people. Try teaching that to your grandchildren. The best way is by example. Fix yourself.
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The best rappers I know are, like, air-conditioner men.
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When we grew up, we wanted to do two things: to own a sports team and a casino.
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The best things in life sometimes happen spontaneously.
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Lotus Eaters is a movie about people who can't really be alone, but they're always alone, really, even when they're together.
