Wendy Alexander Quotes
The four most powerful words in the English language - please, thanks, sorry and why.
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Fiction about mining has a long tradition - Emile Zola's 'Germinal' and Upton Sinclair's 'King Coal' come to mind - and most readers will be aware of the industry's harsh conditions.
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Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.
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Hair and make-up always helps. I did always try to be well-groomed, professional at all times. Take your job seriously - but not yourself.
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The reason we have cancer and heart disease is the same reason you can't get rid of the wear and tear on your tires on your car: as soon as you use them, you are wearing them away. You can't make eternal tires, and it's the same with the human body.
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In novels, and American novels in particular, it's not just about redemption, it's about forward movement and healing oneself. Americans are very big on getting better.
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I live in New York. I don't really particularly want to move to LA.
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It would not be better if things happened to men just as they wish.
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Let me tell you, my career went from zero to 900. Its hard keeping up with that pace, but I wouldn't trade it for anything else in the world.
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I swear to the Lord, I still can't see, why Democracy means, everybody but me.
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The film business creates a large amount of waste, and I'm not immune to waste in the business.
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Any director, if you really ask them, will tell you that the toughest thing to do is like a dinner table or a dialogue scene, because you need to keep that electricity maintained throughout the course of the film.
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I'm the artist formally known as Beck. I have a genius wig. When I put that wig on, then the true genius emerges. I don't have enough hair to be a genius. I think you have to have hair going everywhere.
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Truth is one forever absolute, but opinion is truth filtered through the moods, the blood, the disposition of the spectator.
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I describe myself as an environmentalist not because I'm marching in the street with placards but because I like to be in the woods by myself.
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A civilization, a culture, cannot survive without passion, cannot be saved without passion.
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I can make up stories with the best of them. I've been telling stories since I was a little kid.
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Getting rid of all the world records would be a bit of a radical move.
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My wife is a vegetarian. When my wife is with me, I eat vegetarian. When she's not, I eat meat. I'm just being honest.
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I'm an inner city man, born and bred.
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Nor is it the least advantage to health, accruing from such a way of life, that it expose those who follow it to fewer temptations to vice, than persons who live in crowded society.
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Bear in mind that parts of the score may be devoid of direct musical relevance.
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The cooperation of navies from around the world promises high tactical value for the ships, aircraft, and divers involved; while demonstrating international resolve in defending maritime security against potential threats.
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My father was a classical pianist, and my mother was a singer of just about everything.
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The four most powerful words in the English language - please, thanks, sorry and why.
