Alastair Campbell Quotes
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I found I could speak louder and was more comfortable if I was doing it in someone else's crazy voice.
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If I'm just at the White House, I have meetings in my office, I sign letters, I plan different things. Late in the afternoon, I'll quit working and wait for my husband to get home.
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To have a songwriter that wrote so specifically what I felt to be true... I've never been much of an actor either. If something is real for me, then I can do it.
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I was a huge ham in school in Atlanta.
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We have accepted the principle of democracy and we are committed to respect the popular verdict and the result of that national consultation.
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I speak to you only as an American who happens to be an American Negro and one who is proud of that heritage. We ask for nothing special. We ask only that we be permitted to compete on an even basis, and if we are not worthy, then the competition shall, per se, eliminate us.
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Without understanding yourself, what is the use of trying to understand the world?
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If you are sure you understand everything that is going on, you are hopelessly confused.
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It all started when I was 4. I was watching a lot of 'The Little Mermaid,' and I loved that movie. I was going around the house singing - I wanted to be on Disney and everything; I wanted to be a princess.
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If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it at all. And if you do have to say it, make it really funny so I can screenshot it and save it for later.
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Over the years, I've learnt from co-actors, directors, technicians, and even from junior artists.
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Improving oversight of hedge funds and other private funds is vital to their sustainability and to our economy's stability.
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Basically, books were a luxury item before the printing press.
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It's always nice when you do something and it's well received as opposed to the other way which God knows happens to everybody. When the good times come around, you take a deep breath, appreciate it, but not take it too seriously.
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I hope I'm always learning something.
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I think it's important to surrender to situations that take you out of your comfort zone.
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I finally did work out a very good relationship with my father, but it was rough growing up. We had a lot of conflict, and I think it surfaced in many of my works.
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When a handful of tech giants are gatekeepers to the world's data, it's no surprise that the debate about balancing progress against privacy is framed as 'pro-data and, therefore, innovation' versus 'stuck in the Dark Ages'.
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Mock on, mock on, Voltaire, Rousseau! Mock on, mock on: 'Tis all in vain! You throw the sand against the wind, And the wind blows it back again. And every sand becomes a gem Reflected in the beams divine; Blown back they blind the mocking eye, But still in Israel's paths they shine. The atoms of Democritus And Newton's particles of light Are sands upon the Red Sea shore, Where Israel's tents do shine so bright.
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When my husband came to my parents' house for the first time, he asked, 'Why is everyone screaming? Why are they so angry?' I said, 'No one's angry. This is just how we communicate.
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I learn more with each film, and I gain confidence in my style of working. But at the same time, each one is a new monster.
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I don't think I'm ever afraid, but I doubt myself often. Because of that doubt, I constantly strive to make myself better.
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Don't accept that you are in crisis just because everyone says you are.
