Alec Guinness Quotes
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We need to have Turkey respect democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms.
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Weirdly, often the more I write, the more ideas I have.
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
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Science without respect for human life is degrading to us all and reflects a hollow and deceptive philosophy, a philosophy that we as a people should never condone.
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I live in the present. When I finish a film, it is behind me. My reward is in my work, not in a lot of old memories.
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Leaving Egypt and the people I loved so much, and the environment I liked, was definitely worth it, because I also have great love for medicine and science.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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I try to be upbeat. I read this book which tells you to write down everything that you're grateful for each day. Now I'm constantly noticing all the little things that make me joyful.
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It really is, to see that this kind of music is still so popular.
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In the landscape of extinction, precision is next to godliness.
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I will not have Botox. You know why? Because I eat! I eat the fat, I eat the vegetable, I eat everything. If you exercise and you don't eat enough, it takes its toll on the skin.
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I had two passions growing up - one was music, one was technology. I tried to play in a band for a while, but I was never talented enough to make it. And I started companies. One day came along and I decided to combine the two - and there was Spotify.
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Acting, believe it or not, can get very self-involved! I feel fortunate to have been able to work on things with people who have a very specific point of view and perspective, and who feel like they're doing something very active.
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The Constitution shall never be construed... to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.
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We have these old fashioned ideas. For instance, here in America, we talk about democracy - but we don't have a democracy. There are elements of a democracy.
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I kept hiding my smile in pictures throughout middle school and most of high school until picture day came my senior year.
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Being made in the image of God, man was the crown of creation.
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Competition is a powerful and essential part of this nation's economy and vital to cutting government costs.
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I will be the president of the nation who keeps pledges.
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Really, when I write a book I'm the only one I have to please. That's the beauty of writing a book instead of a screenplay.
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The test of good manners is to be able to put up pleasantly with bad ones.
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Most actors here go to the West Coast; I ended up going to Ireland. My buddies who left drama school, they had this arrogance - 'We don't want to typecast ourselves.' But I said, 'I want to do Irish parts. That's the thing that's gonna give me the leg up.'
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Imagine that we didn't know the chimpanzee, that all we knew were those bonobos who have sex all the time and are peaceful and female-dominated and that people would say that this is our only close relative. I think we would have totally different theories about ourselves and our background. But, of course, it didn't happen that way.
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I shrivel up every time someone mentions Star Wars to me.
