Alan Cumming Quotes
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Sport fosters many things that are good; teamwork and leadership.
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I am the last guy that wants to quit making music.
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Nature is the incarnation of thought. The world is the mind precipitated.
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I think the really cool and compelling thing about math and physics is that it opens up entry to all these hypotheticals - or at least, it gives you the language to talk about them. But at the same time, if a scenario is completely disconnected from reality, it's not all that interesting.
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'SNL' can be a stressful environment, and I am panicking constantly, but I guess I keep it pretty internal.
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I mean, I think we're put here on earth to make your own destiny, to begin with. I don't think there's anything you can do this way or that way to change anything.
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I'm a big baseball fan, and I feel proprietary about the Dodgers. I'm not the owner. I'm not the manager. But I feel passionate about the decisions that they make, and I take it personally when they make decisions I don't like.
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The three-thousand hitting thing was the first time I let individual pressure get to me. I was uptight about it. When I saw the hit going through, I had a sigh of relief more than anything.
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I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.
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Team members need to learn to leverage one another, and that doesn't happen over a golf game or on a phone. It happens by getting together and taking the time to know each other.
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I've always liked to dress up; I've always liked to look good. You look good, you feel good, you play good.
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'Pong' is simply a knockoff of the Odyssey Ping-Pong game.
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When I was a child, I used to paint intently. The older I become, and the closer death approaches, the brighter my life gets day by day.
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It's part of the job of the actor to torture the director.
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The war on drugs has made government more powerful, citizens less free, and hasn't helped users or addicts.
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My favourite smell on a man is Lynx and Marc Jacobs.
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I like talking to priests, to Catholics. Everyone has their beliefs.
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We need to take command of the solar system to gain that wealth, and to escape the sea of paper our government is becoming, and for some decent chance of stopping a Dinosaur Killer asteroid.
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When it comes to the environment in our own backyard, we understand it far better than anybody in Washington D.C.
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A catechism is simply a tool for teaching the fundamentals of the faith. Unlike a creed or confession, a catechism uses questions and answers. Many Protestant confessional traditions, like Lutherans, Presbyterians, and Reformed, have used catechisms for centuries. Initially, most catechisms were intended for children.
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My entire life had been this long, pressured conversation about the family I represented. 'When you walk out the door, you represent us. You have to dress well and make sure your hair is combed.'
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I walked in thinking, 'I have ten movies under my belt and now they want me to go back to making commercials?' I said, if I do that, I want it to be funny.
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Be who you like as long as you mean it.
