Alexander the Great Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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We need more people working in the publishing industry itself who are people of colour.
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As for advice for aspiring authors, the best I can give is to be brave. It sounds like a simple enough thing, but it's not. Rejection is such an integral part of this journey, and it never goes away.
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I have worked hard and learnt that I have to make a decision - whether I am going to conform and protect myself or not. I chose not to.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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I don't think the space station will ever do anything for exploration. Putting people up there for a year or more is the only way you will get anywhere near the exploration concept.
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I would take plays and I would cut out all the other dialogue and make long monologues because I felt the other kids weren't taking it as seriously as I did.
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I grew up in the South and went to church a lot.
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I liked animals better than people. That's one of the reasons I wanted to be a vet - then I found out that every pet had a person that owned 'em.
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That is the definition of faith - acceptance of that which we imagine to be true, that which we cannot prove.
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I feel that, at this point in my career, I don't want to do another television show. I don't want to do a film.
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When the audience enjoys your performance, you feel like a magician who is doing magic. It's a great feeling!
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I've never turned to anybody for advice and counsel. Even when I was a very small child, I had to stand on my feet because of the circumstances of those times, and somehow, the circumstances have remained more or less the same. I have to take my own decisions.
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Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
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Change is inevitable. Things absolutely cannot stay the same. The type of change we invoke is up to each and every one of us.
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What I love about L.A. and Washington, D.C. is that they're almost the opposite of each other. L.A. is a very creative space while D.C. is a very cerebral space. So, they're the ying and the yang in my world. I like them both for their own reasons.
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Individually, I am very happy because I can play in every game. I can be on the pitch and do what I like to do, which is play football.
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The Arab Awakening or Arab Spring has transformed the geopolitical landscape.
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Find the appropriate balance of competing claims by various groups of stakeholders. All claims deserve consideration but some claims are more important than others.
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My wife Susi and my kids quite simply are the most fun of all my friends.
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With her first Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Lisbeth Salander in 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,' Rooney Mara gave fashion fans a new Gothic-chic muse.
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Thou art the Mars of malcontents.
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I was both loved and hated for being upfront. But I was just being myself.
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God must have loved Afghans because he made them so beautiful.
