Alec Guinness Quotes
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I am obsessed with the Great Depression and with former showgirls - and the Victorians - the idea of wistful, dark romance.
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Everybody thinks they deserve something.
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In some ways, with the security challenges this country has faced, we have had to put in rules and regulations for business to be able to sustain their growth and create jobs.
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By taking responsibility for how you choose to respond to anything or anyone, you're aligning yourself with the beautiful dance of life.
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Public humiliation comes to us all, and never so surely as when we're just a little bit pleased with ourselves and feel, just for once, that everything is going our way.
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Americans have the right under the Second Amendment to own firearms, and that is not going to change.
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In my own life, I believe it was an early education in poetical metaphor that helped me to grapple with and make sense of all the difficult and traumatic things that were to come.
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There's such a preoccupation with liquidity and such an unwillingness to invest beyond the horizon of the next quarter and making sure that the CEOs hit their quarterly earnings.
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I'm not a Man U fan at all, but I can't get enough of Rooney. What a joy to watch!
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I have been afraid of guns, I have sworn I would never use a gun on another person and so did not need one, and I have wanted to deny the existence of evil.
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Hold puppies, kittens, and babies anytime you get the chance.
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I'm free - but I'm also not free because there are millions of young people living in Iran. A filmmaker can only do a little.
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There's a burden of representation that comes into play when there aren't enough representatives of a certain group in popular culture.
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And my friends, you ain't seen nothin' yet.
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I've got no respect for any young man who won't join the colors.
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More and more, we're used to taking things in through the eyes rather than through the ears, and opera is more of a spectacle.
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When I was born, my parents were huge into skiing. I grew up on Mont Blanc, skiing on that hill. I was really a ski baby. Loved it; I still love it.
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Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
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Those who threaten Israel threaten us. Israel has always faced these threats on the frontlines. And I will bring to the White House an unshakable commitment to Israel's security. That starts with insuring Israel's qualitative military advantage. I will insure that Israel can defend itself from any threat - from Gaza to Tehran.
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When I'm onstage, I'm more in the audience in my head than I am on the stage.
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I couldn't wait until I grew up. I used to look at my mom's stockings and put them on with her high heels and mess with my hair.
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Christians make enlightened decisions, for they talk with God.
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A lot of people found themselves working at the Factory and some even in his bed as a result of random occurrences like your call. Most famous artists have never been all that interested in meeting strangers. That was not the case with Andy Warhol at all.
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All creative people hate mathematics. It's the most uncreative subject you can study.
