Alexi Lalas Quotes

I remember being in buses, hotel lobbies and bars leading up to the 1994 World Cup talking with guys about how great it would be to have a legitimate league of our own, so getting on the plane in Italy to return and be part of the first year of MLS was one of the proudest moments of my life.

Alexi Lalas

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• The stopwatch doesn't lie. The tape measure doesn't lie.

  

  Daley Thompson
  • Lie
  • Measure
  • Tape

• Being a role model is about being true to myself.

  

  Idina Menzel
  • True
  • Myself
  • Model

• To build a great company, which is a CEO's job, sometimes you have to stand up against conventional wisdom.

  

  Carly Fiorina
  • Up
  • Great
  • Job

• When I was in law school, there was a used book store nearby. I picked up a Harlequin romance and read it. It was stress relieving.

  

  Karen Robards
  • Up
  • School
  • Book

• We're looking for people out there who have demonstrated that they are leaders, have track records of achievement, and want to be part of a force... of a much larger force of determined people who want to bring about, ultimately, institutional change.

  

  Wendy Kopp
  • People
  • Change
  • Achievement

• I'm pretty cautious and not very athletic, so I've only had really dumb injuries, like sprained ankles and allergic reactions. I did have to go to the hospital after slicing my finger while trying to cut a Kaiser roll in half.

  

  Mara Wilson
  • Trying
  • Pretty
  • Dumb

• On a standard space shuttle crew, two of the astronauts have a test pilot background - the commander and the pilot.

  

  Sally Ride
  • Space
  • Two
  • Test

• Like any actor, I want to be able to have a long career and show different characters and a range.

  

  Samira Wiley
  • Different
  • Long
  • Career

• It is not that I don't like contemporary country music because I do. I love it. I have recorded a lot and have had great success recording records that have not been very traditional country records.

  

  Vince Gill
  • Great
  • Music
  • Country

• I give away thousands of paintings for free.

  

  Banksy
  • Free
  • Give
  • Away

• Any time you write history, you insert your opinion. You pick and choose what you are going to write about. I feel really happy not inserting myself. I spend too much of my life inserting myself. It's just great to let other people carry the narrative.

  

  Gail Collins
  • People
  • Life
  • Time

• I'm the kind of person who would have liked to have lived at the Plaza. I love crystal chandeliers and gold leaf, velvets and mirrors, Oriental rugs and marble.

  

  Candace Bushnell
  • Love
  • Kind
  • Person

• What's interesting about Twitter and the influencers that someone follows - like, say, Shaquille O'Neal - is that they see someone who is using the exact same tools that they have access to, and I think that inspires this hope to be able to really engage with someone like him.

  

  Jack Dorsey
  • Hope
  • Interesting
  • Same

• You actually can be passionate about things like making rational decisions based on a thorough airing of the facts, a reasonable and informed debate, a respect for the Constitution that includes, um, knowing about it.

  

  Rachel Sklar
  • Respect
  • Decisions
  • Debate

• You can't write about an iconic Hollywood star of the sixties without bumping up against Elizabeth Taylor.

  

  Taylor Jenkins Reid
  • Up
  • Star
  • Write

• We are the first generation to feel the impact of climate change and the last to be able to do anything about it.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Generation
  • Impact
  • Last

• Now hollow fires burn out to black,And lights are guttering low:Square your shoulders, lift your pack,And leave your friends and go.Oh never fear, man, nought's to dread,Look not to left nor right:In all the endless road you treadThere's nothing but the night.

  

  A. E. Housman
  • Friends
  • Night
  • Black

• Imagine what it would be like if you didn't know that the evening news was funded primarily by 'Big Pharma.' You would actually believe the stuff that they're saying. You might even think those are the stories that matter.

  

  Douglas Rushkoff
  • Believe

• I don't go to parties even when I'm invited. I've always been an 80-year-old woman inside. I remember going to my first school dance petrified. I just wanted to leave. Like, This is cool, but I'm ready to go home now.

  

  Zendaya
  • School
  • Home
  • Remember

• There's a film I did called 'Front of the Class', about a teacher who had Tourette's. That was a beautiful blend of drama and comedy. There's some great moments of levity in the script.

  

  James Wolk
  • Great
  • Beautiful
  • Comedy

• I think people always respond to real moments.

  

  David Walton
  • People
  • Real
  • Moments

• I am closest to my mother, as she is my rock, my pillar of strength, and my world. Not only has she stood by me through all times - happy, sad, and otherwise - but there have even been moments when I had completely lost hope, and her immense belief in me had lifted me up.

  

  Amruta Khanvilkar
  • Up
  • World
  • She

• I always work only with friends, but it must be about them and myself. Because I film only very personal moments, nothing preplanned, staged or written, it has to be real and spontaneous. Some of them have become famous, some are not yet famous, some will never be famous. But they are all my friends.

  

  Jonas Mekas
  • Work
  • Real
  • Friends

• I remember being in buses, hotel lobbies and bars leading up to the 1994 World Cup talking with guys about how great it would be to have a legitimate league of our own, so getting on the plane in Italy to return and be part of the first year of MLS was one of the proudest moments of my life.

  

  Alexi Lalas
  • Moments
  • Guys
  • World Cup